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/

  • 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)

  1. (Brazil) misspelling of em cima

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

encima

  1. inflection of encimar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Univerbation of en +‎ cima.

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

  1. on top
  2. on oneself
    No tengo dinero encima.
    I don't have money on me.
  3. over oneself
  4. additionally
  5. nevertheless, still
  6. to top it off, on top of that

Derived terms

Verb

encima

  1. inflection of encimar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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