encaroçar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/
encaroçar is spelled E-N-C-A-R-O-Ç-A-R (9 letters). Encaroçar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to form growths (an abnormal mass such as a tumour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “formar caroços”.
What does encaroçar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to form growths (an abnormal mass such as a tumour)
O cancro de mama encaroçou seus seios.
- 2
to form undissolved chunks
Deixar leite fora da geladeira o encaroça.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. formar caroços 2. inchar; intumescer 3. enlear-se; perder a fluência no discurso 4. cobrir-se de tumores ou erupções cutâneas
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 encaroçar
- encaroço first-person present singular
- encarocei first-person preterite singular
- encaroçado participle past
- c-ç alternation
- encaroçares infinitive second-person singular
- encaroçarmos first-person infinitive plural
- encaroçardes infinitive plural second-person
- encaroçarem infinitive plural third-person
- encaroçando gerund
- encaroçados masculine participle past
- encaroçada feminine participle past
- encaroçadas feminine participle past
- encaroças indicative present second-person
- encaroça indicative present singular
- encaroçamos first-person indicative plural
- encaroçais indicative plural present
- encaroçam indicative plural present
- encaroçava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encaroçar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.