enrascar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁasˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.hasˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁasˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.hasˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁasˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.hasˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁasˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.hasˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁasˈka(ɾ)/ [ẽ.hasˈka(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁasˈka(ɾ)/ [ĩ.hasˈka(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁaʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.χaʃˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁaʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.χaʃˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁasˈka(ɻ)/ [ẽ.hasˈka(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁasˈka(ɻ)/ [ĩ.hasˈka(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁɐʃˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁɐʃˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁɐʃˈka.ɾi/

Verb

enrascar (first-person singular present enrasco, first-person singular preterite enrasquei, past participle enrascado)

1. to entangle (to twist so as to become stuck)

   Synonyms: embaraçar, emaranhar

2. (figurative) to tangle (involve in hard-to-escape complications)

   Antonyms: safar, desembaraçar

3. to ensnare (catch in a trap)

   Synonym: enredar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enrascar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	enrascar
Personal	enrascar	enrascares	enrascar	enrascarmos	enrascardes	enrascarem
Gerund
	enrascando
Past participle
Masculine	enrascado			enrascados
Feminine	enrascada			enrascadas
Indicative
Present	enrasco	enrascas	enrasca	enrascamos	enrascais	enrascam
Imperfect	enrascava	enrascavas	enrascava	enrascávamos	enrascáveis	enrascavam
Preterite	enrasquei	enrascaste	enrascou	enrascamos1, enrascámos2	enrascastes	enrascaram
Pluperfect	enrascara	enrascaras	enrascara	enrascáramos	enrascáreis	enrascaram
Future	enrascarei	enrascarás	enrascará	enrascaremos	enrascareis	enrascarão
Conditional	enrascaria	enrascarias	enrascaria	enrascaríamos	enrascaríeis	enrascariam
Subjunctive
Present	enrasque	enrasques	enrasque	enrasquemos	enrasqueis	enrasquem
Imperfect	enrascasse	enrascasses	enrascasse	enrascássemos	enrascásseis	enrascassem
Future	enrascar	enrascares	enrascar	enrascarmos	enrascardes	enrascarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enrasca	enrasque	enrasquemos	enrascai	enrasquem
Negative (não)		não enrasques	não enrasque	não enrasquemos	não enrasqueis	não enrasquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• enrascada

Further reading

• “enrascar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “enrascar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “enrascar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “enrascar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “enrascar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “enrascar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “enrascar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025