Me encajan

[Marsopa]

Me encajan las uñas...What would this most likey mean, off the top of your head?

Thanks.

Marsopa (I swear I can't find my last post that I thought I posted a couple days ago... Oh well.)

[poli]

I think me ecajaron las uñas means they sunk their fingernails under my skin.
or
They gnarled me with they nails.

[hermit]

hey poli - that'd be my guess, too.

"they gnarled me with they nails." - too funny!

hermit

[ookami]

Originally Posted by poli

I think me ecajaron las uñas means they sunk their fingernails under my skin.
or
They gnarled me with they nails.

I understand that.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by hermit

hey poli - that'd be my guess, too.

"they gnarled me with they nails." - too funny!

hermit

why that they? Is that the funny part?

[irmamar]

¿Me encajan las uñas? May it be "me clavan las uñas"?

I'd say "me encajan las uñas" in a sentence like this:

Me cuesta mucho abrir este baúl. Justo me encajan las uñas en la ranura para poder hacer palanca y levantar la tapa.

[hermit]

hi chileno - yes, the phraseology is representative of U.S. inner city slang.

hermit

[chileno]

Originally Posted by hermit

hi chileno - yes, the phraseology is representative of U.S. inner city slang.

hermit

Never noticed...

[ookami]

Originally Posted by irmamar

¿Me encajan las uñas? May it be "me clavan las uñas"?

I'd say "me encajan las uñas" in a sentence like this:

Me cuesta mucho abrir este baúl. Justo me encajan las uñas en la ranura para poder hacer palanca y levantar la tapa.

Sure, that would be the most acceptable use because of the formal meaning of "encajar", but here this verb is used a lot in a figurative way...:

"Me encajaron una piña/patada"
7. tr. coloq. Dar un golpe o herir con algo. Le encajó un trabucazo, un palo.
8. tr. coloq. Aplicar con violencia algo contundente a una parte del cuerpo. Le encajó el puño en las narices, un tintero en la cabeza.

"Me encajaron los recados"
5. tr. coloq. Hacer tomar o recibir algo, engañando o causando molestia a quien lo toma o recibe. Encajar una moneda falsa.
6. tr. coloq. Decir algo, ya sea con oportunidad, ya extemporánea o inoportunamente. Encajar un cuento, un chiste.
In rae it has a lot of "coloquial" uses, that are common here.

So encajar in a figurative way and not universal, can be the same as clavar, here at least, if you say "Se enojó, y me encajó las uñas/un arañazo en la cara" would be perfectly understandable.

[Marsopa]

I was thinking along the lines of Irmamar, but this came up in an ob appointment and I had to quick interpret it on the spot. It had to do with "hanging on" another week for the baby to be born. Does this make sense to anyone???