enjoncar

From en- +‎ jonc (“reed”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əɲ.ʒuŋˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɲ.ʒoŋˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɲ.d͡ʒoŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

enjoncar (first-person singular present enjonco, first-person singular preterite enjonquí, past participle enjoncat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to cover the soil with reeds
2. (transitive) to garnish with reeds
3. (figurative, transitive) to embroil (to draw into a situation)

   Synonyms: embrancar, embolicar, enredar

4. (figurative, intransitive) to embroil oneself (to draw into a situation)

   Synonyms: embrancar-se, embolicar-se, enredar-se

• “enjoncar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “enjoncar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “enjoncar”, 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