encamisada

Catalan

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.kə.miˈza.ðə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ka.miˈza.ða]

Noun

encamisada f (plural encamisades)

ambush
(folklore) a cavalcade of men dressed in identical shirts
(metonymically) a festival featuring such cavalcades

Participle

encamisada f sg

feminine singular of encamisat

Spanish

Adjective

encamisada

feminine singular of encamisado