encima
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈsĩ.mɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈsĩ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈsi.ma/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈsi.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽˈsi.mɐ/
- Rhymes: -imɐ
- Homophone: em cima
- Hyphenation: en‧ci‧ma
Etymology 1
By confusion with embaixo, which doesn't have a space.
Adverb
encima (not comparable)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
encima
- inflection of encimar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enˈθima/ [ẽn̟ˈθi.ma] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /enˈsima/ [ẽnˈsi.ma] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ima
- Syllabification: en‧ci‧ma
- Homophone: enzima
Adverb
encima
- on top
- on oneself
- No tengo dinero encima.
- I don't have money on me.
- over oneself
- additionally
- nevertheless, still
- to top it off, on top of that
Derived terms
Verb
encima
- inflection of encimar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “encima”, 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