encertar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/
encertar is spelled E-N-C-E-R-T-A-R (8 letters). Encertar is a Portuguese verb meaning “(transitive) to open, to start (a package)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que encetar”.
What does encertar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Portugalinformal(transitive) to open, to start (a package)
encertar um pacote de bolachas
- 2
Portugalinformal(transitive) to cut, to take a piece (of food)
encertar um melão
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. o mesmo que encetar
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 encertar
- encerto first-person present singular
- encertei first-person preterite singular
- encertado participle past
- encertares infinitive second-person singular
- encertarmos first-person infinitive plural
- encertardes infinitive plural second-person
- encertarem infinitive plural third-person
- encertando gerund
- encertados masculine participle past
- encertada feminine participle past
- encertadas feminine participle past
- encertas indicative present second-person
- encerta indicative present singular
- encertamos first-person indicative plural
- encertais indicative plural present
- encertam indicative plural present
- encertava first-person imperfect indicative
- encertavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encertar?
- Brazil /ẽ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.sehˈta(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.