encaroçado

Portuguese

Etymology

From encaroçar (“to form pellets; to form growths”) +‎ -ado (“-ated”), from caroço (“hard seed; growth; undissolved pellet”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɐ.ɾuˈsa.du/ [ẽ.kɐ.ɾuˈsa.ðu]

Adjective

encaroçado (feminine encaroçada, masculine plural encaroçados, feminine plural encaroçadas)

  1. containing undissolved pellets
    Esta massa está muito encaroçada, melhor amassá-la mais.
    This dough has too many pellets, better knead it more.
  2. containing growths (abnormal masses, such as a tumours)
    O oncologista diagnosticou o cancro ao ver o seio encaroçado.
    The oncologist diagnosed the cancer when he saw the breast full of growths.

Participle

encaroçado (feminine encaroçada, masculine plural encaroçados, feminine plural encaroçadas)

  1. past participle of encaroçar
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