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intricar

Portuguese, verb/ĩ.tɾiˈka(ʁ)/

intricar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to tangle, embroil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma mais regular e menos comum de intrincar”.

What does intricar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to tangle, embroil

  2. 2

    to obfuscate, confuse, puzzle, complicate

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. forma mais regular e menos comum de intrincar

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 intricar

  • intrico first-person present singular
  • intriquei first-person preterite singular
  • intricado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • intricares infinitive second-person singular
  • intricarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • intricardes infinitive plural second-person
  • intricarem infinitive plural third-person
  • intricando gerund
  • intricados masculine participle past
  • intricada feminine participle past
  • intricadas feminine participle past
  • intricas indicative present second-person
  • intrica indicative present singular
  • intricamos first-person indicative plural
  • intricais indicative plural present
  • intricam indicative plural present
  • intricava first-person imperfect indicative

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

How do you pronounce intricar?

  • Brazil /ĩ.tɾiˈka(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ĩ.tɾiˈka(h)]
  • /ĩ.tɾiˈka(ɾ)/

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