encaroçado
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From encaroçar (“to form pellets; to form growths”) + -ado (“-ated”), from caroço (“hard seed; growth; undissolved pellet”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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.
Related terms[edit]
Participle[edit]
encaroçado (feminine encaroçada, masculine plural encaroçados, feminine plural encaroçadas)