encurralar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ku.ʁaˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ku.haˈla(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ku.ʁaˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ku.haˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ku.ʁaˈla(ɾ)/ [ẽ.ku.haˈla(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ku.ʁaˈla(ɾ)/ [ĩ.ku.haˈla(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ku.ʁaˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ku.χaˈla(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ku.ʁaˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ku.χaˈla(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ku.ʁaˈla(ɻ)/ [ẽ.ku.haˈla(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ku.ʁaˈla(ɻ)/ [ĩ.ku.haˈla(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ku.ʁɐˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ku.ʁɐˈla.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: en‧cur‧ra‧lar
Verb
encurralar (first-person singular present encurralo, first-person singular preterite encurralei, past participle encurralado)
- (transitive) to lead to a corral (enclosure for animals)
- (transitive) to surround, to besiege, to corner
- (reflexive) to be surrounded
Conjugation
Conjugation of encurralar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “encurralar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “encurralar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “encurralar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “encurralar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026