encamisada
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The sense of "ambush" comes from the practice of donning white shirts when conducting a nighttime raid in order to clearly differentiate attackers from enemy combatants.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]encamisada f (plural encamisades)
- ambush
- (folklore) a cavalcade of men dressed in identical shirts
- (metonymically) a festival featuring such cavalcades
Participle
[edit]encamisada f sg
Further reading
[edit]- “encamisada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]encamisada