encalhe
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ˈka.ʎɨ/
encalhe is spelled E-N-C-A-L-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encalhe is a Portuguese verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does encalhe mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de encalhar 2. estorvo, impedimento, obstáculo, obstrução 3. ausência de andamento 4. mercadoria cuja venda não foi obtida
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.
How do you pronounce encalhe?
- Portugal /ẽ.ˈka.ʎɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encalhe in Portuguese?
encalhe appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).