encrenque

Portuguese, noun/ẽˈkɾẽ.ki/

encrenque is spelled E-N-C-R-E-N-Q-U-E (9 letters). Encrenque is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “useless person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of encrencar.

What does encrenque mean in English?

noun

1
Portugalderogatoryfemininemasculineuseless person

verb

1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2
third-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. sem força, delicado, de pouca saúde 2. incrédulo

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 encrenque

encrenques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce encrenque?

Brazil /ẽˈkɾẽ.ki/
Brazil /ĩˈkɾẽ.ki/
Portugal /ẽˈkɾẽ.kɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.