incrustar

v.

1 to incrust, to encrust, to cover with a hard crust.

2 to hammer in, to fix in someone's mind through repetition.

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incrustar

► verbo transitivo

1 to incrust, encrust

2 (arte) to inlay

► verbo pronominal incrustarse

1 to become embedded (en, in)

■ la bala se incrustró en el muro the bullet embedded itself in the wall

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1. VT

1) (=introducir) (lit) to incrust; (fig) to graft

2) [+ joyas] to inlay

una espada incrustada de pedrería — a sword encrusted with precious stones

3) (Téc) to set (en into)

2.

See:

incrustarse

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1.

verbo transitivo <piedra preciosa>

incrustar algo en algo — to set something in something

una tiara incrustada de or con diamantes — a tiara set o incrusted with diamonds

2.

incrustarse v pron

la bala se incrustó en la pared — the bullet embedded itself in the wall

la suciedad se incrusta entre las baldosas — the dirt gets embedded between the tiles

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= embed [imbed, -USA], encase, incrust [encrust], encrust [incrust].

Ex. String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.

Ex. There may be millions of fine thoughts, all encased within stone walls of acceptable architectural form.

Ex. The hilt is of solid gold incrusted in every part with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds.

Ex. The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.

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1.

verbo transitivo <piedra preciosa>

incrustar algo en algo — to set something in something

una tiara incrustada de or con diamantes — a tiara set o incrusted with diamonds

2.

incrustarse v pron

la bala se incrustó en la pared — the bullet embedded itself in the wall

la suciedad se incrusta entre las baldosas — the dirt gets embedded between the tiles

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= embed [imbed, -USA], encase, incrust [encrust], encrust [incrust].

Ex: String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.

Ex: There may be millions of fine thoughts, all encased within stone walls of acceptable architectural form.

Ex: The hilt is of solid gold incrusted in every part with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds.

Ex: The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.

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incrustar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹piedra preciosa› incrustar algo EN algo to set sth IN sth

casi me incrusta en la pared (fam); he nearly knocked me through the wall (colloq)

2 incrustar algo DE or CON algo:

una tiara incrustada de or con diamantes a tiara set o incrusted with diamonds

3 ‹espada/navaja› incrustar algo EN algo to bury sth IN sth

■ incrustarse

v pron

la bala se incrustó en la pared the bullet embedded o buried itself in the wall

la suciedad se incrusta entre las baldosas the dirt gets embedded between the tiles

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incrustar (conjugate incrustar) verbo transitivo ‹piedra preciosa› incrustar algo en algo to set sth in sth
incrustarse verbo pronominal incrustarse en algo [bala] to embed itself in sth;
[suciedad] to get embedded in sth
incrustar verbo transitivo to inlay
una caja incrustada de diamantes, a box inlaid with diamonds
(en una superficie) to encrust o incrust
'incrustar' also found in these entries:
English:
embed
- stud

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incrustar

♦ vt

1. [introducir, empotrar] to embed;

incrustar nácar en la madera to inlay the wood with mother of pearl;

incrustó la espada en la roca he plunged the sword deep into the rock;

Fam

me incrustó un codo en el costado he jabbed his elbow into my ribs

2. Informát to embed

♦ See also the pronominal verb incrustarse

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incrustar

v/t incrust (de with)

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incrustar vt

1) : to embed

2) : to inlay

♦ See also the reflexive verb incrustarse