Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From a- +‎ castillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /akastiˈʝaɾ/ [a.kas.t̪iˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /akastiˈʎaɾ/ [a.kas.t̪iˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /akastiˈʃaɾ/ [a.kas.t̪iˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /akastiˈʒaɾ/ [a.kas.t̪iˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧cas‧ti‧llar

Verb edit

acastillar (first-person singular present acastillo, first-person singular preterite acastillé, past participle acastillado)

  1. to house, house in a castle, keep in a castle
    • 1839, Félix González de León, Noticia historica del origen de los nombres de las calles de esta M.N.M.L.Y.M.H. ciudad de Sevilla:
      En esta época cada familia se acastillaba en sus casas y aun en los templos (como ya he referido en otros lugares de esta obra) ó cuyo fin fabricaban estas torres, y las guarnecian de armas.
      At this time, each family was housed in their homes and even in the temples (as I have already mentioned elsewhere in this work) or for whose purpose these towers were manufactured, and they were equipped with weapons.
  2. (transitive) to castellate, incastellate, to make into a castle, to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building
    • 1785, Gaspar de Molina y Saldívar, Reflexiones sobre la arquitectura, ornato y musica del templo, page 326:
      Llaman acastillar colocar la cañonería de modo, que los cañones mas largos ocupen el medio, y disminuyan hácia los extremos.
      They call castellation the placing of the cannons so that the longer cannons occupy the middle, and decrease toward the ends.
    • 1942, Luis Enrique Azarola Gil, Apellidos de la patria vieja, page 176:
      Se acastilló en las virtudes y costumbres tradicionales, y fundó su hogar en unión de doña Pilar Carro, hija del capitán Juan Carro y de doña Rosa Costales, con descendencia: []
      He settled down in traditional virtues and customs, and founded his home together with Doña Pilar Carro, daughter of Captain Juan Carro and Doña Rosa Costales, and offspring: []
  3. (intransitive) to take the form of a castle

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