enganchar

v.

1 to couple (agarrar) (vagones).

2 to hang (up).

3 to land (oneself) (informal) (pillar) (empleo, marido).

4 to hire, to contract. (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish , Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish)

5 to be addictive (informal) (hacer adicto).

un videojuego de los que enganchan an addictive video game

6 to hook, to hitch, to hook up, to couple.

El capitán enganchó las velas The captain hooked the sails.

7 to recruit.

La milicia engancha jóvenes The army recruits young people.

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enganchar

► verbo transitivo

1 (agarrar con gancho) to hook

2 (colgar) to hang, hang up

3 (animales) to harness

4 (vagones) to couple

5 figurado (atraer) to rope in, persuade

■ lo han enganchado para la obra he's been roped into doing the play

6 figurado (coger) to catch

■ la policía lo enganchó the police caught him

► verbo pronominal engancharse

1 to get caught (en, on), snag (en, on)

■ se le enganchó la camisa en un clavo his shirt got caught on a nail

2 MILITAR to enlist, join up

3 argot (drogas) to get hooked (a, on)

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verb

to hook

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1. VT

1) (=conectar con gancho) [gen] to hook; [+ caballo] to harness; [+ carro, remolque] to hitch up; (Mec) to couple, connect; [+ dos vagones] to couple up

2) ** (=atrapar) to nab *

lo enganchó la policía robando en la joyería — the police nabbed him robbing the jeweller's *

3) * (=atraer) [+ persona] to rope in; [+ marido] to land

a mi no me enganchan para cuidar a los niños — they're not going to rope me into looking after the children

los programas que más enganchan — the programmes which get most people hooked

4) (Mil) to recruit

5) Méx [+ trabajadores] to contract

2.

See:

engancharse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <cable/cadena> to hook

b) <remolque> to hitch up, attach; <caballos> to harness; <vagón> to couple, attach

c) <pez> to hook

d) (fam) (atraer)

se dejó enganchar por una francesa — some Frenchwoman got him in her clutches (colloq)

lo engancharon para que les ayudara — they got him to help them

e) (Taur) to gore

2.

engancharse v pron

a) (quedar prendido) to get caught

se me enganchó la media en el clavo — my tights got caught on the nail

b) (fam) (Mil) to join up

c) (fam) (hacerse adicto)

engancharse (a algo) — to get hooked (on something)

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= snag, engage.

Ex. Floor surfaces should be chosen as a guide for the blind while avoiding deep carpets which snag wheel chairs = Se debería el suelo para guiar a los ciegos aunque debe evitarse las alfombras gruesas ya que dificultan el deslizamiento de las sillas de ruedas.

Ex. And literature is part of that essential human behavior; it engages us in pre-enactments and re-enactments.

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* engancharse al carro = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <cable/cadena> to hook

b) <remolque> to hitch up, attach; <caballos> to harness; <vagón> to couple, attach

c) <pez> to hook

d) (fam) (atraer)

se dejó enganchar por una francesa — some Frenchwoman got him in her clutches (colloq)

lo engancharon para que les ayudara — they got him to help them

e) (Taur) to gore

2.

engancharse v pron

a) (quedar prendido) to get caught

se me enganchó la media en el clavo — my tights got caught on the nail

b) (fam) (Mil) to join up

c) (fam) (hacerse adicto)

engancharse (a algo) — to get hooked (on something)

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= snag, engage.

Ex: Floor surfaces should be chosen as a guide for the blind while avoiding deep carpets which snag wheel chairs = Se debería el suelo para guiar a los ciegos aunque debe evitarse las alfombras gruesas ya que dificultan el deslizamiento de las sillas de ruedas.

Ex: And literature is part of that essential human behavior; it engages us in pre-enactments and re-enactments.

* engancharse al carro = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

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enganchar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹cable/cadena› to hook

engancha el cable en ese clavo/la cadena en la argolla hook the cable onto that nail/the chain onto the ring

2 ‹remolque› to hitch up, attach; ‹caballos› to harness; ‹vagón› to couple, attach

3 ‹pez› to hook

4 (fam)

(atraer): se ha dejado enganchar por una francesa some Frenchwoman's got him in her clutches (colloq)

lo engancharon para que ayudara con los preparativos they got him to help with the preparations, they dragged him into helping with the preparations

5 (Taur) to gore

■ engancharse

v pron

1 (quedar prendido) to get caught

el cable se enganchó en una de las vigas the wire got caught o stuck o snagged on one of the beams

se me enganchó la falda en una rama my skirt got caught o hooked on a branch

2 (fam) (Mil) to join up

3 (fam) (hacerse adicto) to get hooked (colloq) engancharse A algo to get hooked ON sth

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enganchar (conjugate enganchar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹cable/cadena› to hook

b) ‹remolque› to hitch up, attach;

‹caballos› to harness;
‹vagón› to couple, attach

c) ‹pez› to hook

engancharse verbo pronominal

a) (quedar prendido) to get caught;

◊ se me enganchó la media en el clavo my tights got caught on the nail

b) (fam) (hacerse adicto) engancharse (a algo) to get hooked (on sth)

enganchar verbo transitivo
1 (con un gancho, una rama) to hook
2 Ferroc to couple
3 (prender) la novela te engancha, the novel grips you
'enganchar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrochar
- engarzar
English:
catch
- couple
- hitch
- hook
- rope in
- snag

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enganchar

♦ vt

1. [acoplar] [vagones, trenes] to couple;

[remolque, caballos] to hitch up

2. [colgar] to hang (up);

había un jamón enganchado de un garfio there was a ham hanging from a hook;

enganchó las riendas a una rama she tied the reins to a branch;

me enganchó del brazo he linked arms with me;

me enganchó del cuello he put an arm round my neck

3. [pescar con anzuelo] to hook

4. Fam [engatusar] to cajole;

enganchar a alguien para que haga algo to rope sb into doing sth

5. Fam [pillar] [empleo, marido] to land (oneself);

[gripe, resfriado] to catch;

¡como te enganche, te enteras! if I catch you, you'll know all about it!

6. Taurom to toss

7. Andes, CAm, Méx [reclutar] to hire, to contract

♦ vi

Fam [hacer adicto] to be addictive;

un videojuego de los que enganchan an addictive video game

♦ See also the pronominal verb engancharse

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enganchar

v/t

1 hook

2 caballo harness

3 fam

novia, trabajo land fam

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enganchar vt

1) : to hook, to snag

2) : to attach, to hitch up

♦ See also the reflexive verb engancharse

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enganchar vb (agarrar con un gancho) to hook

engancha la cuerda en ese clavo hook the rope over that nail