incrustar
/inkɾusˈtaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to inlay, embed, encrust
💎🧱 in + crust: to set something into a surface so it forms a crust
Incrustar comes from Latin incrustare, built from in (into) plus crusta (hard shell, crust). Gems inlaid in a surface, or a hard layer forming on something, are both incrustar. By extension, ramming something into a thing makes it stick in like an inlay.