encrencar

Portuguese

Etymology

From encrenca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾẽˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾẽˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾẽˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾẽˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾẽˈka(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾẽˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾẽˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾẽˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾẽˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾẽˈka(χ)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾẽˈka(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾẽˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɾẽˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɾẽˈka.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: en‧cren‧car

Verb

encrencar (first-person singular present encrenco, first-person singular preterite encrenquei, past participle encrencado)

  1. (transitive) to complicate
  2. (transitive) to get (someone) into trouble
  3. (intransitive, pronominal) to get (oneself) into trouble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encrencar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal encrencar
Personal encrencar encrencares encrencar encrencarmos encrencardes encrencarem
Gerund
encrencando
Past participle
Masculine encrencado encrencados
Feminine encrencada encrencadas
Indicative
Present encrenco encrencas encrenca encrencamos encrencais encrencam
Imperfect encrencava encrencavas encrencava encrencávamos encrencáveis encrencavam
Preterite encrenquei encrencaste encrencou encrencamos1, encrencámos2 encrencastes encrencaram
Pluperfect encrencara encrencaras encrencara encrencáramos encrencáreis encrencaram
Future encrencarei encrencarás encrencará encrencaremos encrencareis encrencarão
Conditional encrencaria encrencarias encrencaria encrencaríamos encrencaríeis encrencariam
Subjunctive
Present encrenque encrenques encrenque encrenquemos encrenqueis encrenquem
Imperfect encrencasse encrencasses encrencasse encrencássemos encrencásseis encrencassem
Future encrencar encrencares encrencar encrencarmos encrencardes encrencarem
Imperative
Affirmative encrenca encrenque encrenquemos encrencai encrenquem
Negative (não) não encrenques não encrenque não encrenquemos não encrenqueis não encrenquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms

  • desencrencar

Further reading

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