henchir

Meaning

1. (literary, transitive) to swell, to fill something
2. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) to fill (a job position)

Concepts

cram

stuff

fill

fill up

replenish

Synonyms

cargar

llenar

Translations

auffüllen

anfüllen

anschwellen

ausstopfen

vollstopfen

Hyphenated as

hen‧chir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/enˈt͡ʃiɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: fenchir

Inherited from Latin: impleō

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish fenchir, enchir, from Vulgar Latin *implīre, from Latin implēre.
More information
According to Coromines & Pascual, the initial f- in Old Spanish was likely due to phonetic and semantic similarities with finchar > modern hinchar. In dwindling use by the 16th century, henchir was increasingly limited to idioms, and they mention that Juan de Valdés complained about needing to use the verb in such expressions due to an easy confusion with hinchar, giving as an example De servidores leales se hinchen los ospitales, meaning 'the guesthouses are filled with loyal servants' (with henchir), but ambiguously also the nonsensical 'the guesthouses should be air-filled using loyal servants' (with hinchar).