incrustar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incrustāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iŋ.kɾusˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kɾusˈtaɾ]

Verb

incrustar (first-person singular present incrusto, first-person singular preterite incrustí, past participle incrustat)

1. (transitive) to embed, to encrust
2. (web design) to embed

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incrustar (first conjugation)

infinitive			incrustar
gerund			incrustant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incrustat		incrustada
		plural		incrustats		incrustades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	incrusto	incrustes	incrusta	incrustem	incrusteu	incrusten
	imperfect	incrustava	incrustaves	incrustava	incrustàvem	incrustàveu	incrustaven
	future	incrustaré	incrustaràs	incrustarà	incrustarem	incrustareu	incrustaran
	preterite	incrustí	incrustares	incrustà	incrustàrem	incrustàreu	incrustaren
	conditional	incrustaria	incrustaries	incrustaria	incrustaríem	incrustaríeu	incrustarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	incrusti	incrustis	incrusti	incrustem	incrusteu	incrustin
	imperfect	incrustés	incrustessis	incrustés	incrustéssim	incrustéssiu	incrustessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	incrusta	incrusti	incrustem	incrusteu	incrustin
	negative (no)	—	no incrustis	no incrusti	no incrustem	no incrusteu	no incrustin

Derived terms

• desincrustar

Related terms

• crosta
• encrostar
• incrustació

Further reading

• “incrustar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “incrustar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “incrustar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “incrustar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iŋkɾusˈtaɾ/ [iŋ.kɾus̺ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: in‧crus‧tar

Verb

incrustar (first-person singular present incrusto, first-person singular preterite incrustei, past participle incrustado)

1. to embed, to encrust

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incrustar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	incrustar
Personal	incrustar	incrustares	incrustar	incrustarmos	incrustardes	incrustaren
Gerund
	incrustando
Past participle
Masculine	incrustado			incrustados
Feminine	incrustada			incrustadas
Indicative
Present	incrusto	incrustas	incrusta	incrustamos	incrustades	incrustan
Imperfect	incrustaba	incrustabas	incrustaba	incrustabamos	incrustabades	incrustaban
Preterite	incrustei	incrustaches	incrustou	incrustamos	incrustastes	incrustaron
Pluperfect	incrustara	incrustaras	incrustara	incrustaramos	incrustarades	incrustaran
Future	incrustarei	incrustarás	incrustará	incrustaremos	incrustaredes	incrustarán
Conditional	incrustaría	incrustarías	incrustaría	incrustariamos	incrustariades	incrustarían
Subjunctive
Present	incruste	incrustes	incruste	incrustemos	incrustedes	incrusten
Imperfect	incrustase	incrustases	incrustase	incrustásemos	incrustásedes	incrustasen
Future	incrustar	incrustares	incrustar	incrustarmos	incrustardes	incrustaren
Imperative
Affirmative		incrusta	incruste	incrustemos	incrustade	incrusten
Negative (non)		non incrustes	non incruste	non incrustemos	non incrustedes	non incrusten

    Reintegrated conjugation of incrustar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	incrustar
Personal	incrustar	incrustares	incrustar	incrustarmos	incrustardes	incrustarem
Gerund
	incrustando
Past participle
Masculine	incrustado			incrustados
Feminine	incrustada			incrustadas
Indicative
Present	incrusto	incrustas	incrusta	incrustamos	incrustades, incrustais	incrustam
Imperfect	incrustava	incrustavas	incrustava	incrustávamos	incrustávades, incrustáveis, incrustávais1	incrustavam
Preterite	incrustei	incrustaste, incrustache1	incrustou	incrustamos	incrustastes	incrustárom, incrustaram
Pluperfect	incrustara	incrustaras	incrustara	incrustáramos	incrustárades, incrustáreis, incrustárais1	incrustaram
Future	incrustarei	incrustarás	incrustará	incrustaremos	incrustaredes, incrustareis	incrustarám, incrustarão
Conditional	incrustaria	incrustarias	incrustaria	incrustaríamos	incrustaríades, incrustaríeis, incrustaríais1	incrustariam
Subjunctive
Present	incruste	incrustes	incruste	incrustemos	incrustedes, incrusteis	incrustem
Imperfect	incrustasse	incrustasses	incrustasse	incrustássemos	incrustássedes, incrustásseis	incrustassem
Future	incrustar	incrustares	incrustar	incrustarmos	incrustardes	incrustarem
Imperative
Affirmative		incrusta	incruste	incrustemos	incrustade, incrustai	incrustem
Negative (nom)		nom incrustes	nom incruste	nom incrustemos	nom incrustedes, nom incrusteis	nom incrustem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• incrustación

Further reading

• “incrustar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “incrustar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

incrustar

1. to embed, to encrust

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		incrustar			aver incrustat
gerund		incrustant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		incrustat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	incrusti	incrustas	incrusta	incrustam	incrustatz	incrustan
	imperfect	incrustavi	incrustavas	incrustava	incrustàvem	incrustàvetz	incrustavan
	preterite	incrustèri	incrustères	incrustèt	incrustèrem	incrustèretz	incrustèron
	future	incrustarai	incrustaràs	incrustarà	incrustarem	incrustaretz	incrustaràn
	conditional	incrustariái	incrustariás	incrustariá	incrustariam	incrustariatz	incrustarián
	conditional 2nd form1	incrustèra	incrustèras	incrustèra	incrusteram	incrusteratz	incrustèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	incruste	incrustes	incruste	incrustem	incrustetz	incrusten
	imperfect	incrustèssi	incrustèsses	incrustèsse	incrustèssem	incrustèssetz	incrustèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			incrusta		incrustem	incrustatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		incrustar			aver incrustat
gerund		incrustant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		incrustat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	incruste	incrustes	incrusta	incrustam	incrustatz	incruston
	imperfect	incrustave	incrustaves	incrustava	incrustaviam	incrustaviatz	incrustavon
	preterite	incrustere	incrusteres	incrustet	incrustem	incrustetz	incrusteron
	future	incrustarai	incrustaràs	incrustará	incrustarem	incrustaretz	incrustarán
	conditional	incrustariá	incrustariás	incrustariá	incrustariam	incrustariatz	incrustarián
	conditional 2nd form1	incrustèra	incrustèras	incrustèra	incrusteram	incrusteratz	incrustèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	incruste	incrustes	incruste	incrustassiam	incrustassiatz	incruston
	imperfect	incrustesse	incrustesses	incrustesse	incrustessiam	incrustessiatz	incrustesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			incrusta		incrustassiam	incrustatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		incrustar			aver incrustat
gerund		incrustant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		incrustat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	incrusti	incrustas	incrusta	incrustam	incrustatz	incrustan
	imperfect	incrustavi	incrustavas	incrustava	incrustàvam	incrustàvatz	incrustavan
	preterite	incrustèi	incrustès	incrustè	incrustèm	incrustètz	incrustèn
	future	incrustarèi	incrustaràs	incrustarà	incrustaram	incrustaratz	incrustaràn
	conditional	incrustarí	incrustarés	incrustaré	incrustarem	incrustaretz	incrustarén
	conditional 2nd form1	incrustèra	incrustèras	incrustèra	incrusteram	incrusteratz	incrustèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	incrusti	incrustes	incruste	incrustem	incrustetz	incrusten
	imperfect	incrustèssi	incrustèsses	incrustèsse	incrustèssem	incrustèssetz	incrustèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			incrusta		incrustem	incrustatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		incrustar			aver incrustat
gerund		incrustant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		incrustat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	incruste	incrustas	incrusta	incrustam	incrustatz	incrustan
	imperfect	incrustava	incrustavas	incrustava	incrustàvam	incrustàvatz	incrustavan
	preterite	incrustei	incrusteras	incrustet	incrustèram	incrustèratz	incrusteran
	future	incrustarai	incrustaràs	incrustará	incrustarem	incrustaretz	incrustarán
	conditional	incrustariá	incrustariàs	incrustariá	incrustariam	incrustariatz	incrustarián
	conditional 2nd form1	incrustèra	incrustèras	incrustèra	incrusteram	incrusteratz	incrustèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	incruste	incrustes	incruste	incrustem	incrustetz	incrusten
	imperfect	incrustèsse	incrustèsses	incrustèsse	incrustèssem	incrustèssetz	incrustèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			incrusta		incrustem	incrustatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		incrustar			aver incrustat
gerund		incrustant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		incrustat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	incruste	incrustes	incrusta	incrustam	incrustatz	incrustan
	imperfect	incrustavi	incrustavas	incrustava	incrustàvem	incrustàvetz	incrustavan
	preterite	incrustère	incrustères	incrustèt	incrusteriam	incrusteriatz	incrustèron
	future	incrustarai	incrustaràs	incrustarà	incrustarem	incrustaretz	incrustaràn
	conditional	incrustariáu	incrustariás	incrustariá	incrustariam	incrustariatz	incrustarián
	conditional 2nd form1	incrustèra	incrustèras	incrustèra	incrusteram	incrusteratz	incrustèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	incruste	incrustes	incruste	incrustem	incrustetz	incrustan
	imperfect	incrustèsse	incrustèsses	incrustèsse	incrustessiam	incrustessiatz	incrustèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			incrusta		incrustem	incrustatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• incrustacion

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incrustāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɾusˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾusˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɾusˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾusˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɾusˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɾuʃˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾuʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɾusˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɾuʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɾuʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɾuʃˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧crus‧tar

Verb

incrustar (first-person singular present incrusto, first-person singular preterite incrustei, past participle incrustado)

1. to embed, to encrust

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incrustar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	incrustar
Personal	incrustar	incrustares	incrustar	incrustarmos	incrustardes	incrustarem
Gerund
	incrustando
Past participle
Masculine	incrustado			incrustados
Feminine	incrustada			incrustadas
Indicative
Present	incrusto	incrustas	incrusta	incrustamos	incrustais	incrustam
Imperfect	incrustava	incrustavas	incrustava	incrustávamos	incrustáveis	incrustavam
Preterite	incrustei	incrustaste	incrustou	incrustamos1, incrustámos2	incrustastes	incrustaram
Pluperfect	incrustara	incrustaras	incrustara	incrustáramos	incrustáreis	incrustaram
Future	incrustarei	incrustarás	incrustará	incrustaremos	incrustareis	incrustarão
Conditional	incrustaria	incrustarias	incrustaria	incrustaríamos	incrustaríeis	incrustariam
Subjunctive
Present	incruste	incrustes	incruste	incrustemos	incrusteis	incrustem
Imperfect	incrustasse	incrustasses	incrustasse	incrustássemos	incrustásseis	incrustassem
Future	incrustar	incrustares	incrustar	incrustarmos	incrustardes	incrustarem
Imperative
Affirmative		incrusta	incruste	incrustemos	incrustai	incrustem
Negative (não)		não incrustes	não incruste	não incrustemos	não incrusteis	não incrustem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “incrustar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “incrustar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incrustāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkɾusˈtaɾ/ [ĩŋ.kɾusˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧crus‧tar

Verb

incrustar (first-person singular present incrusto, first-person singular preterite incrusté, past participle incrustado)

1. (transitive) to inlay, embed, encrust
2. (transitive, reflexive) to ram

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incrustar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			incrustar
gerund			incrustando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incrustado		incrustada
		plural		incrustados		incrustadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	incrusto	incrustastú incrustásvos	incrusta	incrustamos	incrustáis	incrustan
	imperfect	incrustaba	incrustabas	incrustaba	incrustábamos	incrustabais	incrustaban
	preterite	incrusté	incrustaste	incrustó	incrustamos	incrustasteis	incrustaron
	future	incrustaré	incrustarás	incrustará	incrustaremos	incrustaréis	incrustarán
	conditional	incrustaría	incrustarías	incrustaría	incrustaríamos	incrustaríais	incrustarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	incruste	incrustestú incrustésvos2	incruste	incrustemos	incrustéis	incrusten
	imperfect (ra)	incrustara	incrustaras	incrustara	incrustáramos	incrustarais	incrustaran
	imperfect (se)	incrustase	incrustases	incrustase	incrustásemos	incrustaseis	incrustasen
	future1	incrustare	incrustares	incrustare	incrustáremos	incrustareis	incrustaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		incrustatú incrustávos	incruste	incrustemos	incrustad	incrusten
	negative		no incrustes	no incruste	no incrustemos	no incrustéis	no incrusten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of incrustar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive incrustar	dative	incrustarme	incrustarte	incrustarle, incrustarse	incrustarnos	incrustaros	incrustarles, incrustarse
	accusative	incrustarme	incrustarte	incrustarlo, incrustarla, incrustarse	incrustarnos	incrustaros	incrustarlos, incrustarlas, incrustarse
with gerund incrustando	dative	incrustándome	incrustándote	incrustándole, incrustándose	incrustándonos	incrustándoos	incrustándoles, incrustándose
	accusative	incrustándome	incrustándote	incrustándolo, incrustándola, incrustándose	incrustándonos	incrustándoos	incrustándolos, incrustándolas, incrustándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative incrusta	dative	incrústame	incrústate	incrústale	incrústanos	not used	incrústales
	accusative	incrústame	incrústate	incrústalo, incrústala	incrústanos	not used	incrústalos, incrústalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative incrustá	dative	incrustame	incrustate	incrustale	incrustanos	not used	incrustales
	accusative	incrustame	incrustate	incrustalo, incrustala	incrustanos	not used	incrustalos, incrustalas
with formal second-person singular imperative incruste	dative	incrústeme	not used	incrústele, incrústese	incrústenos	not used	incrústeles
	accusative	incrústeme	not used	incrústelo, incrústela, incrústese	incrústenos	not used	incrústelos, incrústelas
with first-person plural imperative incrustemos	dative	not used	incrustémoste	incrustémosle	incrustémonos	incrustémoos	incrustémosles
	accusative	not used	incrustémoste	incrustémoslo, incrustémosla	incrustémonos	incrustémoos	incrustémoslos, incrustémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative incrustad	dative	incrustadme	not used	incrustadle	incrustadnos	incrustaos	incrustadles
	accusative	incrustadme	not used	incrustadlo, incrustadla	incrustadnos	incrustaos	incrustadlos, incrustadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative incrusten	dative	incrústenme	not used	incrústenle	incrústennos	not used	incrústenles, incrústense
	accusative	incrústenme	not used	incrústenlo, incrústenla	incrústennos	not used	incrústenlos, incrústenlas, incrústense

Related terms

• incrustación

Further reading

• “incrustar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025