encarniçado
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.kaʁ.niˈsa.du/
encarniçado is spelled E-N-C-A-R-N-I-Ç-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encarniçado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “fierce, ferocious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of encarniçar.
What does encarniçado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fierce, ferocious
- 2
cruel, bloodthirsty
verb
- 1
past participle of encarniçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of encarniçado
- encarniçada feminine
- encarniçados masculine plural
- encarniçadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encarniçado?
- Brazil /ẽ.kaʁ.niˈsa.du/
- Brazil [ẽ.kaɦ.niˈsa.du]
- Brazil /ĩ.kaʁ.niˈsa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encarniçado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encarniçado in Portuguese?
encarniçado appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).