encanar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈna(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈna(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈna(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈna(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈna(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈna(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈna(ɻ)/
 

Etymology 1

From en- +‎ cano +‎ -ar.

Verb

encanar (first-person singular present encano, first-person singular preterite encanei, past participle encanado) (transitive)

  1. to conduct (liquid) through a tube, canal or aqueduct; to pipe
    Antonym: desencanar
  2. to cut grooves in (a column) lengthwise
  3. to orient in a given direction
  4. (Portugal, colloquial) to drink (too much wine)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of encanar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal encanar
Personal encanar encanares encanar encanarmos encanardes encanarem
Gerund
encanando
Past participle
Masculine encanado encanados
Feminine encanada encanadas
Indicative
Present encano encanas encana encanamos encanais encanam
Imperfect encanava encanavas encanava encanávamos encanáveis encanavam
Preterite encanei encanaste encanou encanamos1, encanámos2 encanastes encanaram
Pluperfect encanara encanaras encanara encanáramos encanáreis encanaram
Future encanarei encanarás encanará encanaremos encanareis encanarão
Conditional encanaria encanarias encanaria encanaríamos encanaríeis encanariam
Subjunctive
Present encane encanes encane encanemos encaneis encanem
Imperfect encanasse encanasses encanasse encanássemos encanásseis encanassem
Future encanar encanares encanar encanarmos encanardes encanarem
Imperative
Affirmative encana encane encanemos encanai encanem
Negative (não) não encanes não encane não encanemos não encaneis não encanem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From en- +‎ cana (“cane”) +‎ -ar. The colloquial sense "to imprison" comes from Brazilian slang cana (“prison, jail”).

Verb

encanar (first-person singular present encano, first-person singular preterite encanei, past participle encanado)

  1. (transitive) to splint (a broken bone)
    Antonym: desencanar
  2. (transitive, Brazil, colloquial) to put in prison, to imprison, to incarcerate, to jail
  3. (intransitive) to acquire characteristics of cane (of corn, etc.)
  4. (intransitive or reflexive, Brazil, colloquial) to worry, to preoccupy oneself
Conjugation
    Conjugation of encanar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal encanar
Personal encanar encanares encanar encanarmos encanardes encanarem
Gerund
encanando
Past participle
Masculine encanado encanados
Feminine encanada encanadas
Indicative
Present encano encanas encana encanamos encanais encanam
Imperfect encanava encanavas encanava encanávamos encanáveis encanavam
Preterite encanei encanaste encanou encanamos1, encanámos2 encanastes encanaram
Pluperfect encanara encanaras encanara encanáramos encanáreis encanaram
Future encanarei encanarás encanará encanaremos encanareis encanarão
Conditional encanaria encanarias encanaria encanaríamos encanaríeis encanariam
Subjunctive
Present encane encanes encane encanemos encaneis encanem
Imperfect encanasse encanasses encanasse encanássemos encanásseis encanassem
Future encanar encanares encanar encanarmos encanardes encanarem
Imperative
Affirmative encana encane encanemos encanai encanem
Negative (não) não encanes não encane não encanemos não encaneis não encanem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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