encucado

Portuguese

Etymology

From encucar (“to confuse”) +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kuˈka.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kuˈka.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kuˈka.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kuˈka.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kuˈka.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kuˈka.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kuˈka.du/ [ẽ.kuˈka.ðu]

• Hyphenation: en‧cu‧ca‧do

Adjective

encucado (feminine encucada, masculine plural encucados, feminine plural encucadas)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) stumped, puzzled, stuck on (a situation or problem)

Participle

encucado (feminine encucada, masculine plural encucados, feminine plural encucadas)

1. past participle of encucar

Further reading

• “encucado” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.