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Portuguese
Etymology
From en- + calo (“callus”, noun) + -ecer. Compare Spanish encallecer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.leˈse(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.leˈse(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.leˈse(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.leˈse(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.leˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.leˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.leˈse(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.leˈse(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.leˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.leˈse(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧ca‧le‧cer
Verb
encalecer (first-person singular present encaleço, first-person singular preterite encaleci, past participle encalecido)
- to callus (to form hardened tissue)
- Synonym: calejar
Conjugation