Is encajar the same as caber?

Question

Or does it have some special meaning? No caben allán, no encajan allá. They don't fit there? Gracias.

Answer 1

Encajar can also be fit IN. As in "I don't fit in with their little clique."

Answer 2

In English they both translate as fit. But when I think of encajar I imagine fitting snug (I almost hear it snap). Caber is less dramatic and more usual to me. I hope this makes any sense.

Answer 3

Caber en un sillón del restaurante. Encajar would not work here. La camisa te cabe por la cabeza pero te queda grande o pequeña. I hope these examples help.

Say aside from "fit in with a group of people" it's more like "quedarse" for clothes. La ropa me queda bien, la ropa me encaja bien? Gracias. Is that used right? Gracias. - jeezzle, Jan 26, 2011

La ropa no se encaja. Encajar is more to insert and fit snugly afterwards. You can say,,, algo aca no encaja...Something does not fit (like in a jigzaw puzzle) - gone, Jan 26, 2011

Answer 4

Encajar es meter unas piezas dentro de otras ajustadamente, si no es posible hacerlo,entonces no caben.

Te pondré algunos ejemplos:

Si intentas encajar a tres personas muy gordas en los asientos de atrás del coche y no puedes hacerlo,es que esas tres personas no caben.

Si en los asientos de atrás del coche van dos niños pequeños caben perfectamente,pero no van encajados porque les sobra mucho espacio .

Answer 5

So what I wanted to say fit in a booth at a restaurant? No caben allá, does encajar work there too? Or just like a shirt fits like with quedar? Gracias.