encarecer
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ka.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
encarecer is spelled E-N-C-A-R-E-C-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encarecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to raise the price of; become expensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar caro, elevar o preço de”.
What does encarecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to raise the price of; become expensive
- 2
to extol, exalt
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar caro, elevar o preço de 2. exaltar, louvar excessivamente 3. exagerar verbalmente 4. recomendar com interesse ou empenho
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 encarecer
- encareço first-person present singular
- encareci first-person preterite singular
- encarecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- encareceres infinitive second-person singular
- encarecermos first-person infinitive plural
- encarecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- encarecerem infinitive plural third-person
- encarecendo gerund
- encarecidos masculine participle past
- encarecida feminine participle past
- encarecidas feminine participle past
- encareces indicative present second-person
- encarece indicative present singular
- encarecemos first-person indicative plural
- encareceis indicative plural present
- encarecem indicative plural present
- encarecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encarecer?
- Brazil /ẽ.ka.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ka.ɾeˈse(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ka.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encarecer in Portuguese?
encarecer appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).