encara

See also: encará

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin hanc hōram (“at this hour”). Compare French encore, Italian ancora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋˈka.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋˈka.ɾa]

Adverb

encara

1. yet

   Encara no. ― Not yet.

2. still
3. even (implying an extreme example)
   • 2019 June 21, Ima Sanchís, “"Vivim en una societat fracturada que anhela la trobada"”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     La felicitat de viure és tenir projectes per al futur, encara que el futur sigui breu.

     The happiness of living is having projects for the future, even if the future is short.

Derived terms

• encara que

Further reading

• “encara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “encara”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “encara” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “encara” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• enquera (Limousin)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin hanc hōram (“at this hour”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

encara (Languedoc)

1. again

Derived terms

• encara mai que
• encara que
• pas encara
• per encara

 

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 222.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈka.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈka.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈka.ɾɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈka.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈka.ɾa/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈka.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈka.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: en‧ca‧ra

Verb

encara

1. inflection of encarar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈkaɾa/ [ẽŋˈka.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: en‧ca‧ra

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin hanc hōram (“at this hour”).

Adverb

encara

1. (obsolete) yet

   Encara no estoy listo. ― I’m not ready yet.

2. (obsolete) still

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

encara

1. inflection of encarar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

http://ghcl.ub.edu/diccaxv/dictionary/SearchAllLemas/encara