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Portuguese
Etymology 1
Participle
encanado (feminine encanada, masculine plural encanados, feminine plural encanadas)
- past participle of encanar (“to pipe (water), etc.”)
Adjective
encanado (feminine encanada, masculine plural encanados, feminine plural encanadas)
- channeled
- piped (conveyed by a pipe) (of water or another liquid)
- água encanada ― piped water
- in circulation between two openings (of air)
Noun
encanado m (plural encanados)
- abrupt narrowing in a stream
Etymology 2
Participle
encanado (feminine encanada, masculine plural encanados, feminine plural encanadas)
- past participle of encanar (“to splint, to imprison, etc.”)
Adjective
encanado (feminine encanada, masculine plural encanados, feminine plural encanadas)
- immobilized (of a bone, by means of a splint or cast)
- (Brazil, slang) in jail, in prison
- (Brazil, colloquial) worried; preoccupied