encrenca

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Portuguese

Noun

encrenca f (plural encrencas)

  1. trouble
    • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 350:
      Harry mal respirava: será que a sorte, a pura sorte poderia livrá-los dessa encrenca?
      Harry was badly breathing: maybe luck, pure luck could save them from that trouble?