encerado
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.seˈɾa.du/
encerado is spelled E-N-C-E-R-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encerado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tarpaulin (heavy, waterproof sheet of material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of encerar.
What does encerado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
waxed (coated with wax)
noun
- 1
masculinetarpaulin (heavy, waterproof sheet of material)
verb
- 1
past participle of encerar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of encerado
- encerada feminine
- encerados masculine plural
- enceradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encerado?
- Brazil /ẽ.seˈɾa.du/
- Brazil /ĩ.seˈɾa.du/
- Portugal /ẽ.sɨˈɾa.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 encerado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encerado in Portuguese?
encerado appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).