encucar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ cuca (“noggin”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

encucar (first-person singular present encuco, first-person singular preterite encuquei, past participle encucado)

  1. (transitive) to confuse
    Synonym: confundir
  2. (Brazil, colloquial, intransitive) to convince oneself (that something is the case); to be overly worried or fixated about something; to put into one's own head
    Ele encucou que vai ficar careca antes dos 25 e está tomando Minoxidil.
    He put into his own head that he will go bald before 25 and is taking Minoxidil.
    Synonym: cismar
  3. (Brazil, colloquial, intransitive) to be puzzled, stumped or stuck on something

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encucar (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 encucar
Personal encucar encucares encucar encucarmos encucardes encucarem
Gerund
encucando
Past participle
Masculine encucado encucados
Feminine encucada encucadas
Indicative
Present encuco encucas encuca encucamos encucais encucam
Imperfect encucava encucavas encucava encucávamos encucáveis encucavam
Preterite encuquei encucaste encucou encucamos1, encucámos2 encucastes encucaram
Pluperfect encucara encucaras encucara encucáramos encucáreis encucaram
Future encucarei encucarás encucará encucaremos encucareis encucarão
Conditional encucaria encucarias encucaria encucaríamos encucaríeis encucariam
Subjunctive
Present encuque encuques encuque encuquemos encuqueis encuquem
Imperfect encucasse encucasses encucasse encucássemos encucásseis encucassem
Future encucar encucares encucar encucarmos encucardes encucarem
Imperative
Affirmative encuca encuque encuquemos encucai encuquem
Negative (não) não encuques não encuque não encuquemos não encuqueis não encuquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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