encucado
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.kuˈka.du/
encucado is spelled E-N-C-U-C-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encucado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “stumped, puzzled, stuck on (a situation or problem)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of encucar.
What does encucado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilcolloquialstumped, puzzled, stuck on (a situation or problem)
verb
- 1
past participle of encucar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of encucado
- encucada feminine
- encucados masculine plural
- encucadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encucado?
- Brazil /ẽ.kuˈka.du/
- Brazil /ĩ.kuˈka.du/
- Portugal /ẽ.kuˈka.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encucado in Portuguese?
encucado appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).