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Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + encalhar. Related to the informal sense of encalhado.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ , (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ , (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.kaˈʎa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.kaˈʎa(ɾ)/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.kaˈʎa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.kaˈʎa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ , (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.kaˈʎa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.kaˈʎa(ɻ)/
Verb
desencalhar (first-person singular present desencalho, first-person singular preterite desencalhei, past participle desencalhado)
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) to stop being stranded
- (intransitive, informal, of a person) to stop being single, to engage in a relationship
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.