ingranare

Meaning

1. (transitive) to engage (a gear)
2. (intransitive) to mesh (of a gear)
3. (intransitive) to seize, to jam (of a mechanism)
4. (informal, intransitive) to head in the right direction (especially when prospects originally seemed unpromising)
5. (informal, intransitive) to feel oneself (of a person)
6. (informal, intransitive) to fit in; to get on

Concepts

interlock

gear

⚙️

mesh

engage

lock

🔒

operate

Synonyms

innestare

🔗

Translations

engranar

engager

être en prise

funcionar

bien fonctionner

encaixar

unir

شغّل

entrellaçar

engranar

entrellaçar-se

ineinandergreifen

verriegeln

verschränken

أشْغل

Hyphenated as

in‧gra‧nà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/in.ɡraˈna.re/

Etymology

Borrowed from French engrener.