encarquilhado
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.kaʁ.kiˈʎa.du/
encarquilhado is spelled E-N-C-A-R-Q-U-I-L-H-A-D-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encarquilhado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “wizened; wrinkled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of encarquilhar.
What does encarquilhado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wizened; wrinkled
verb
- 1
past participle of encarquilhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of encarquilhado
- encarquilhada feminine
- encarquilhados masculine plural
- encarquilhadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encarquilhado?
- Brazil /ẽ.kaʁ.kiˈʎa.du/
- Brazil [ẽ.kah.kiˈʎa.du]
- Brazil /ĩ.kaʁ.kiˈʎa.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 encarquilhado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encarquilhado in Portuguese?
encarquilhado appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).