encolhido
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.koˈʎi.du/
encolhido is spelled E-N-C-O-L-H-I-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encolhido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “shrunken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of encolher. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contraído, diminuído, encurtado”.
What does encolhido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shrunken
- 2
shy
verb
- 1
past participle of encolher
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. contraído, diminuído, encurtado 2. tímido, acabrunhado
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 encolhido
- encolhida feminine
- encolhidos masculine plural
- encolhidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encolhido?
- Brazil /ẽ.koˈʎi.du/
- Brazil /ĩ.koˈʎi.du/
- Portugal /ẽ.kuˈʎi.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 encolhido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encolhido in Portuguese?
encolhido appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).