encarnação

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese encarnaçon, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātiōnem. Cognate with Galician and Spanish encarnación, Catalan encarnació, French incarnation and Italian incarnazione.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.kaɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.kaɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.kaɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.kaɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɐɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: en‧car‧na‧ção

Noun

encarnação f (plural encarnações)

1. incarnation
2. embodiment

Related terms

• encarnar