enclochar
Spanish
Etymology
From en- + cloche (“clutch”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enkloˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kloˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧clo‧char
Verb
enclochar (first-person singular present enclocho, first-person singular preterite encloché, past participle enclochado)
- (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, US, Venezuela, transitive, automotive) to engage the clutch, to put into gear
- Synonym: embragar
- (Mexico, automotive, pronominal) to seize up (of a clutch)
- Synonym: estropearse
- (Costa Rica, pronominal, slang) to seize up (of one's brain), to have a brain fart
- (Mexico, transitive) to hook up (a mechanism)
- Synonym: conectar
Conjugation
Conjugation of enclochar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | enclochar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | enclochando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | enclochado | enclochada | |||||
| plural | enclochados | enclochadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | enclocho | enclochastú enclochásvos |
enclocha | enclochamos | enclocháis | enclochan | |
| imperfect | enclochaba | enclochabas | enclochaba | enclochábamos | enclochabais | enclochaban | |
| preterite | encloché | enclochaste | enclochó | enclochamos | enclochasteis | enclocharon | |
| future | enclocharé | enclocharás | enclochará | enclocharemos | enclocharéis | enclocharán | |
| conditional | enclocharía | enclocharías | enclocharía | enclocharíamos | enclocharíais | enclocharían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | encloche | enclochestú enclochésvos2 |
encloche | enclochemos | enclochéis | enclochen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
enclochara | enclocharas | enclochara | enclocháramos | enclocharais | enclocharan | |
| imperfect (se) |
enclochase | enclochases | enclochase | enclochásemos | enclochaseis | enclochasen | |
| future1 | enclochare | enclochares | enclochare | enclocháremos | enclochareis | enclocharen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | enclochatú enclochávos |
encloche | enclochemos | enclochad | enclochen | ||
| negative | no encloches | no encloche | no enclochemos | no enclochéis | no enclochen | ||
Selected combined forms of enclochar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive enclochar | dative | enclocharme | enclocharte | enclocharle, enclocharse | enclocharnos | enclocharos | enclocharles, enclocharse |
| accusative | enclocharme | enclocharte | enclocharlo, enclocharla, enclocharse | enclocharnos | enclocharos | enclocharlos, enclocharlas, enclocharse | |
| with gerund enclochando | dative | enclochándome | enclochándote | enclochándole, enclochándose | enclochándonos | enclochándoos | enclochándoles, enclochándose |
| accusative | enclochándome | enclochándote | enclochándolo, enclochándola, enclochándose | enclochándonos | enclochándoos | enclochándolos, enclochándolas, enclochándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative enclocha | dative | enclóchame | enclóchate | enclóchale | enclóchanos | not used | enclóchales |
| accusative | enclóchame | enclóchate | enclóchalo, enclóchala | enclóchanos | not used | enclóchalos, enclóchalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative enclochá | dative | enclochame | enclochate | enclochale | enclochanos | not used | enclochales |
| accusative | enclochame | enclochate | enclochalo, enclochala | enclochanos | not used | enclochalos, enclochalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative encloche | dative | enclócheme | not used | enclóchele, enclóchese | enclóchenos | not used | enclócheles |
| accusative | enclócheme | not used | enclóchelo, enclóchela, enclóchese | enclóchenos | not used | enclóchelos, enclóchelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative enclochemos | dative | not used | enclochémoste | enclochémosle | enclochémonos | enclochémoos | enclochémosles |
| accusative | not used | enclochémoste | enclochémoslo, enclochémosla | enclochémonos | enclochémoos | enclochémoslos, enclochémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative enclochad | dative | enclochadme | not used | enclochadle | enclochadnos | enclochaos | enclochadles |
| accusative | enclochadme | not used | enclochadlo, enclochadla | enclochadnos | enclochaos | enclochadlos, enclochadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative enclochen | dative | enclóchenme | not used | enclóchenle | enclóchennos | not used | enclóchenles, enclóchense |
| accusative | enclóchenme | not used | enclóchenlo, enclóchenla | enclóchennos | not used | enclóchenlos, enclóchenlas, enclóchense | |
Further reading
- “enclochar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “enclochar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010