encravar
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾaˈva(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾaˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾaˈva(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾaˈva(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾaˈva(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾaˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾaˈva(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾaˈva(ɻ)/
Verb
[edit]encravar (first-person singular present encravo, first-person singular preterite encravei, past participle encravado)
- (transitive) to stick into (to push something pointy into something such that it becomes stuck)
- (transitive) to nail; to nail down (to attach something with nails)
- Synonym: pregar
- (transitive) to encrust (to inset gems or similar into an object)
- Synonym: incrustar
- (intransitive, of a toenail or hair) to become ingrown
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of encravar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.