encaroçar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- + caroço (growth; undissolved pellet) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɐ.ɾuˈsaɾ/

Verb

encaroçar (first-person singular present encaroço, first-person singular preterite encarocei, past participle encaroçado)

  1. to form growths (an abnormal mass such as a tumour)
    O cancro de mama encaroçou seus seios.
    The breast cancer caused the formation of growths in her breast.
  2. to form undissolved chunks
    Deixar leite fora da geladeira o encaroça.
    Leaving milk outside the refrigerator causes the formation of chunks in it.

Conjugation

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