enrascar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁasˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.hasˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁasˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.hasˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁasˈka(ɾ)/ [ẽ.hasˈka(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁasˈka(ɾ)/ [ĩ.hasˈka(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁaʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.χaʃˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁaʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.χaʃˈka(χ)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁasˈka(ɻ)/ [ẽ.hasˈka(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁasˈka(ɻ)/ [ĩ.hasˈka(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ʁɐʃˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ʁɐʃˈka.ɾi/

Verb

enrascar (first-person singular present enrasco, first-person singular preterite enrasquei, past participle enrascado)

  1. to entangle (to twist so as to become stuck)
    Synonyms: embaraçar, emaranhar
  2. (figurative) to tangle (involve in hard-to-escape complications)
    Antonyms: safar, desembaraçar
  3. to ensnare (catch in a trap)
    Synonym: enredar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enrascar (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 enrascar
Personal enrascar enrascares enrascar enrascarmos enrascardes enrascarem
Gerund
enrascando
Past participle
Masculine enrascado enrascados
Feminine enrascada enrascadas
Indicative
Present enrasco enrascas enrasca enrascamos enrascais enrascam
Imperfect enrascava enrascavas enrascava enrascávamos enrascáveis enrascavam
Preterite enrasquei enrascaste enrascou enrascamos1, enrascámos2 enrascastes enrascaram
Pluperfect enrascara enrascaras enrascara enrascáramos enrascáreis enrascaram
Future enrascarei enrascarás enrascará enrascaremos enrascareis enrascarão
Conditional enrascaria enrascarias enrascaria enrascaríamos enrascaríeis enrascariam
Subjunctive
Present enrasque enrasques enrasque enrasquemos enrasqueis enrasquem
Imperfect enrascasse enrascasses enrascasse enrascássemos enrascásseis enrascassem
Future enrascar enrascares enrascar enrascarmos enrascardes enrascarem
Imperative
Affirmative enrasca enrasque enrasquemos enrascai enrasquem
Negative (não) não enrasques não enrasque não enrasquemos não enrasqueis não enrasquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms

  • enrascada

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