encallar-get stuck: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is encallar? encallar is get stuck

What is get stuck?

  • Fer, un obstacle, que un aparell o un mecanisme no funcionin bé travant els seus moviments: el fang encalla la bicicleta; hi ha alguna cosa que encalla la cremallera.

    Make, an obstacle, that a device or mechanism do not work well through its movements: the mud jams the bicycle; there's something that jams the zipper.

  • Quedar aturat un vehicle a causa d'un obstacle que el priva d'avançar: el cotxe ha encallat a la carretera nevada; el trineu s'ha encallat.

    A vehicle is stopped due to an obstacle that deprives it of advancing: the car has stuck on the snowy road; the sled has been jammed.

  • Quedar atrapada, una embarcació, a la sorra o entre les roques: la barca va encallar entre les roques. sin:  embarrancar

    Getting trapped, a boat, in the sand or between the rocks: the boat stuck between the rocks. sin: embarrancar

  • encallar-se  Aturar-se, algú o alguna cosa, no progressar a causa dels obstacles que li ho impedeixen: les negociacions s'han encallat.

    Getting stuck Stopping, someone or something, not progressing because of the obstacles that prevent it: negotiations have been stuck.

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