# encarar

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /ẽ.kɐ.ˈɾaɾ/ · frequency rank #5,527

## Definitions
1. olhar de frente e fixamente; fitar
2. enfrentar
3. (prep. com) deparar

## Easily confused with
- **entrar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-entrar)
- **escapar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-escapar)
- **enganar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-enganar)
- **escalar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-escalar)
- **ensaiar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-ensaiar)
- **engajar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-engajar)
- **escavar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-escavar)
- **encargo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-encargo)
- **encenar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-encenar)
- **engatar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-engatar)
- **encerrar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-encerrar)
- **encurtar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encarar-vs-encurtar)
- **encaixar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encaixar-vs-encarar)
- **encantar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/encantar-vs-encarar)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ecnarar`, `enacrar`, `encaarr`, `encararr`, `encarra`, `encarrar`, `enccarar`, `encraar`, `enncarar`, `necarar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/encarar