encrenqueiro
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.kɾẽˈke(j).ɾu/
encrenqueiro is spelled E-N-C-R-E-N-Q-U-E-I-R-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encrenqueiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “troublemaker (one who causes trouble)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does encrenqueiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
troublesome (who causes trouble)
- 2
troublesome (who tends to cause confusion, fights, conflicts, etc.)
noun
- 1
masculinetroublemaker (one who causes trouble)
- 2
masculinetroublemaker (one who tends to cause confusion, fights, conflicts, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of encrenqueiro
- encrenqueira feminine
- encrenqueiros masculine plural
- encrenqueiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encrenqueiro?
- Brazil /ẽ.kɾẽˈke(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ẽ.kɾẽˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /ĩ.kɾẽˈke(j).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encrenqueiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encrenqueiro in Portuguese?
encrenqueiro appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).