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encarar

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Asturian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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en- +‎ cara +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /enkaˈɾaɾ/ [eŋ.kaˈɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

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encarar (first-person singular indicative present encaro, past participle encaráu)

  1. to place in front
  2. (reflexive) to come across
    Synonym: alcontrar
  3. (reflexive) to face (a situation)
    Synonym: enfrentar
    Nun quixo encariar l'asuntu.
    He did not want to face the issue.
  4. (reflexive) to face off (with someone)
  5. (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:

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Further reading

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  • 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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Etymology

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From en- +‎ cara +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encarí, past participle encarat)

  1. (transitive) to aim
  2. (transitive) to face

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ cara (face) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • (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

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encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encarei, past participle encarado)

  1. (transitive) to face (position oneself/itself towards)
    Synonyms: enfrentar, arrostrar, afrontar, defrontar
  2. (transitive) to face (deal with)
    Synonyms: lidar, cuidar
  3. (transitive) to stare at

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Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ cara +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encaré, past participle encarado)

  1. (transitive) to confront, to face
    Synonyms: abordar, enfrentar
  2. (transitive) to aim
  3. (intransitive) to place face to face

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