encargo
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈkaʁ.ɡu/
encargo is spelled E-N-C-A-R-G-O (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encargo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “responsibility (duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of encargar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “obrigação”.
What does encargo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineresponsibility (duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable)
- 2
masculinea fee or tax
- 3
masculinepost (appointed position)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of encargar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. obrigação 2. cargo 3. emprego 4. imposto
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 encargo
- encargos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encargo?
- Brazil /ẽˈkaʁ.ɡu/
- Brazil [ẽˈkaɦ.ɡu]
- Brazil /ĩˈkaʁ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encargo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encargo in Portuguese?
encargo appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).