encafifado
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.ka.fiˈfa.du/
encafifado is spelled E-N-C-A-F-I-F-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written Portuguese, the 244,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encafifado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “worried, hung up on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of encafifar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encabulado, envergonhado”.
What does encafifado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilcolloquialworried, hung up on
verb
- 1
past participle of encafifar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. encabulado, envergonhado 2. preocupado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of encafifado
- encafifada feminine
- encafifados masculine plural
- encafifadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encafifado?
- Brazil /ẽ.ka.fiˈfa.du/
- Brazil /ĩ.ka.fiˈfa.du/
- Portugal /ẽ.kɐ.fiˈfa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encafifado in Portuguese?
encafifado appears about once in every 79 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).