encarar
Asturian
Alternative forms
- encariar
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enkaˈɾaɾ/ [eŋ.kaˈɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Verb
encarar (first-person singular indicative present encaro, past participle encaráu)
- to place in front
- (reflexive) to come across
- Synonym: alcontrar
- (reflexive) to face (a situation)
- Synonym: enfrentar
- (reflexive) to face off (with someone)
- (archaic) to go meet, adress
- 1904, Fabriciano González García, El Ferreru[1]:
- Gusmiólu´l Rei y aguixáu pel rixu del saber, curiólu un día y encariolu:
- The king saw him and prompted by the curiosity of knowing, stalked him one day and adressed him:
Conjugation
Conjugation of encarar
| infinitive | encarar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | encarando | ||||||
| past participle | m encaráu, f encarada, n encarao, m pl encaraos, f pl encaraes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | encaro | encares | encara | encaramos | encaráis | encaren |
| imperfect | encaraba | encarabes | encaraba | encarábemos, encarábamos | encarabeis, encarabais | encaraben | |
| preterite | encaré | encarasti, encaresti | encaró | encaremos | encarastis, encarestis | encararon | |
| pluperfect | encarare, encarara | encarares, encararas | encarare, encarara | encaráremos, encaráramos | encarareis, encararais | encararen, encararan | |
| future | encararé | encararás | encarará | encararemos | encararéis | encararán | |
| conditional | encararía | encararíes | encararía | encararíemos, encararíamos | encararíeis, encararíais | encararíen | |
| subjunctive | present | encare | encares, encaras | encare | encaremos | encaréis | encaren, encaran |
| imperfect | encarare, encarara | encarares, encararas | encarare, encarara | encaráremos, encaráramos | encarareis, encararais | encararen, encararan | |
| imperative | — | encara | — | — | encarái | — | |
Further reading
- “encarar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “encarar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encarí, past participle encarat)
Further reading
- “encarar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “encarar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “encarar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “encarar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From en- + cara (“face”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaˈɾa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaˈɾa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaˈɾa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɐˈɾaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɐˈɾa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: en‧ca‧rar
Verb
encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encarei, past participle encarado)
- (transitive) to face (position oneself/itself towards)
- (transitive) to face (deal with)
- (transitive) to stare at
Conjugation
Conjugation of encarar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “encarar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “encarar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “encarar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “encarar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “encarar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “encarar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enkaˈɾaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kaˈɾaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ca‧rar
Verb
encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encaré, past participle encarado)
- (transitive) to confront, to face
- (transitive) to aim
- (intransitive) to place face to face
Conjugation
Conjugation of encarar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of encarar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive encarar | dative | encararme | encararte | encararle, encararse | encararnos | encararos | encararles, encararse |
| accusative | encararme | encararte | encararlo, encararla, encararse | encararnos | encararos | encararlos, encararlas, encararse | |
| with gerund encarando | dative | encarándome | encarándote | encarándole, encarándose | encarándonos | encarándoos | encarándoles, encarándose |
| accusative | encarándome | encarándote | encarándolo, encarándola, encarándose | encarándonos | encarándoos | encarándolos, encarándolas, encarándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative encara | dative | encárame | encárate | encárale | encáranos | not used | encárales |
| accusative | encárame | encárate | encáralo, encárala | encáranos | not used | encáralos, encáralas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative encará | dative | encarame | encarate | encarale | encaranos | not used | encarales |
| accusative | encarame | encarate | encaralo, encarala | encaranos | not used | encaralos, encaralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative encare | dative | encáreme | not used | encárele, encárese | encárenos | not used | encáreles |
| accusative | encáreme | not used | encárelo, encárela, encárese | encárenos | not used | encárelos, encárelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative encaremos | dative | not used | encarémoste | encarémosle | encarémonos | encarémoos | encarémosles |
| accusative | not used | encarémoste | encarémoslo, encarémosla | encarémonos | encarémoos | encarémoslos, encarémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative encarad | dative | encaradme | not used | encaradle | encaradnos | encaraos | encaradles |
| accusative | encaradme | not used | encaradlo, encaradla | encaradnos | encaraos | encaradlos, encaradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative encaren | dative | encárenme | not used | encárenle | encárennos | not used | encárenles, encárense |
| accusative | encárenme | not used | encárenlo, encárenla | encárennos | not used | encárenlos, encárenlas, encárense | |
Further reading
- “encarar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025