encaroçar

Portuguese[edit]

From en- +‎ caroço (“growth; undissolved pellet”) +‎ -ar.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɐ.ɾuˈsaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɐ.ɾuˈsa.ɾi/

encaroçar (first-person singular present encaroço, first-person singular preterite encarocei, past participle encaroçado)

to form growths (an abnormal mass such as a tumour)
O cancro de mama encaroçou seus seios.
The breast cancer caused the formation of growths in her breast.
to form undissolved chunks
Deixar leite fora da geladeira o encaroça.
Leaving milk outside the refrigerator causes the formation of chunks in it.

Conjugation of encaroçar (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.