encallar

v.

1 to run aground (barco).

2 to founder (proceso, proyecto).

3 to reach a position of no progress, to strand.

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encallar

► verbo intransitivo

1 MARÍTIMO to run aground

2 figurado to flounder, fail

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1. VI

1) (Náut) to run aground, get stranded (en on)

2) [negociación] (=fracasar) to fail; (=estancarse) to get bogged down

2.

See:

encallarse

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verbo intransitivo to run aground

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= run + aground, beach, strand, bog down, be stranded.

Ex. This article examines the political shoals, currents, and rip tides associated with off campus library programmes and suggests that awareness and involvement are key ways to avoid running aground.

Ex. Dressed to the nines, the three characters shimmer like tropical fish beached in the desert.

Ex. A horror movie came to life when a snowstorm stranded some children traveling alone at an airport.

Ex. There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.

Ex. They were due to return from a day trip yesterday afternoon, but their boat broke down on the Mokau River and they were stranded upriver.

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verbo intransitivo to run aground

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= run + aground, beach, strand, bog down, be stranded.

Ex: This article examines the political shoals, currents, and rip tides associated with off campus library programmes and suggests that awareness and involvement are key ways to avoid running aground.

Ex: Dressed to the nines, the three characters shimmer like tropical fish beached in the desert.

Ex: A horror movie came to life when a snowstorm stranded some children traveling alone at an airport.

Ex: There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.

Ex: They were due to return from a day trip yesterday afternoon, but their boat broke down on the Mokau River and they were stranded upriver.

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encallar [A1 ]

vi

to run aground

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encallar (conjugate encallar) verbo intransitivo
to run aground
encallar vi Náut to run aground
'encallar' also found in these entries:
English:
aground
- ground
- run

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encallar vi

1. [barco] to run aground

2. [proceso, proyecto] to founder

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encallar

v/i

1 MAR run aground

2 fig

grind to a halt

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encallar vi

1) : to run aground

2) : to get stuck