encaroçado

Portuguese

Etymology

From encaroçar (“to form pellets; to form growths”) +‎ -ado (“-ated”), from caroço (“hard seed; growth; undissolved pellet”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ka.ɾoˈsa.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ka.ɾoˈsa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɐ.ɾuˈsa.du/ [ẽ.kɐ.ɾuˈsa.ðu]

Adjective

encaroçado (feminine encaroçada, masculine plural encaroçados, feminine plural encaroçadas)

1. containing undissolved pellets

   Esta massa está muito encaroçada, melhor amassá-la mais.

   This dough has too many pellets, better knead it more.

2. containing growths (abnormal masses, such as a tumours)

   O oncologista diagnosticou o cancro ao ver o seio encaroçado.

   The oncologist diagnosed the cancer when he saw the breast full of growths.

Related terms

• caroça
• caroçama
• caroço
• caroçudo
• descaroçado
• descaroçador
• descaroçamento
• descaroçar
• encaroçamento
• encaroçar

 

Participle

encaroçado (feminine encaroçada, masculine plural encaroçados, feminine plural encaroçadas)

1. past participle of encaroçar