encaixe

Deverbal from encaixar.

• IPA^(key): [eŋˈkai̯ʃɪ]

encaixe m (plural encaixes)

1. the action of encasing, enclosing, fitting
2. slot (depression, perforation, or aperture for the reception of a piece fitting in it)
3. bobbin lace

• encaixar

encaixe

1. inflection of encaixar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “encaixe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “encaixe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “encaixe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• encayxe (obsolete)

• Hyphenation: en‧cai‧xe

From encaixar (“to fit”).

encaixe m (plural encaixes)

1. slot (depression, perforation, or aperture for the reception of a piece fitting in it)

   Synonym: encaixo

2. the act of fitting things together

   Synonym: encaixamento

   Antonyms: desencaixamento, desencaixe

3. (soccer) the act of a goalkeeper catching the football and holding it tightly

• encaixe-ouro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

encaixe

1. inflection of encaixar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from in +‎ cash.

encaixe m (plural encaixes)

1. budget (money set aside for something)

   Synonyms: caixa, verba