encrenca

Portuguese

Etymology

Deverbal of encrencar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkɾẽ.kɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkɾẽ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkɾẽ.kɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkɾẽ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkɾẽ.ka/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkɾẽ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈkɾẽ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽkɐ

Noun

encrenca f (plural encrencas)

1. trouble
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 350:

     Harry mal respirava: será que a sorte, a pura sorte poderia livrá-los dessa encrenca?

     Harry was badly breathing: maybe luck, pure luck could save them from that trouble?

Further reading

• “encrenca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “encrenca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025