encucar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.kuˈka(ʁ)/
encucar is spelled E-N-C-U-C-A-R (7 letters). Encucar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to confuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does encucar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to confuse
- 2
Brazilcolloquialto convince oneself (that something is the case); to be overly worried or fixated about something; to put into one's own head
Ele encucou que vai ficar careca antes dos 25 e está tomando Minoxidil.
- 3
Brazilcolloquialto be puzzled, stumped or stuck on something
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of encucar
- encuco first-person present singular
- encuquei first-person preterite singular
- encucado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- encucares infinitive second-person singular
- encucarmos first-person infinitive plural
- encucardes infinitive plural second-person
- encucarem infinitive plural third-person
- encucando gerund
- encucados masculine participle past
- encucada feminine participle past
- encucadas feminine participle past
- encucas indicative present second-person
- encuca indicative present singular
- encucamos first-person indicative plural
- encucais indicative plural present
- encucam indicative plural present
- encucava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encucar?
- Brazil /ẽ.kuˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.kuˈka(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.kuˈka(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.