encarar
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Asturian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]encarar (first-person singular indicative present encaro, past participle encaráu)
- to place in front
- (reflexive) to come across
- Synonym: alcontrar
- (reflexive) to face (a situation)
- Synonym: enfrentar
- Nun quixo encariar l'asuntu.
- He did not want to face the issue.
- (reflexive) to face off (with someone)
- (archaic) to go meet, adress
- 1904, Fabriciano González García, El Ferreru[1]:
- Gusmiólu´l Rei y aguixáu pel rixu del saber, curiólu un día y encariolu:
- The king saw him and prompted by the curiosity of knowing, stalked him one day and adressed him:
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of encarar
Further reading
[edit]- “encarar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “encarar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
Catalan
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[edit]Verb
[edit]encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encarí, past participle encarat)
- (transitive) to aim
- (transitive) to face
Further reading
[edit]- “encarar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “encarar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “encarar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “encarar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From en- + cara (“face”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaˈɾa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaˈɾa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaˈɾa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧ca‧rar
Verb
[edit]encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encarei, past participle encarado)
- (transitive) to face (position oneself/itself towards)
- (transitive) to face (deal with)
- (transitive) to stare at
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of encarar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
[edit]- “encarar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “encarar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “encarar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “encarar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “encarar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “encarar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encaré, past participle encarado)
- (transitive) to confront, to face
- (transitive) to aim
- (intransitive) to place face to face
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of encarar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of encarar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
[edit]- “encarar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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