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Portuguese
Etymology
From encaroçar (“to form pellets; to form growths”) + -ado (“-ated”), from caroço (“hard seed; growth; undissolved pellet”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa.du/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa.do/
Adjective
encaroçado (feminine encaroçada, masculine plural encaroçados, feminine plural encaroçadas)
- containing undissolved pellets
Esta massa está muito encaroçada, melhor amassá-la mais.- This dough has too many pellets, better knead it more.
- containing growths (abnormal masses, such as a tumours)
O oncologista diagnosticou o cancro ao ver o seio encaroçado.- The oncologist diagnosed the cancer when he saw the breast full of growths.
Participle
encaroçado (feminine encaroçada, masculine plural encaroçados, feminine plural encaroçadas)
- past participle of encaroçar