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encargo.

responsibility (duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ẽˈkaʁ.ɡu/Brazil[ẽˈkaɦ.ɡu]Brazil/ĩˈkaʁ.ɡu/Brazil[ĩˈkaɦ.ɡu]Brazil
  1. responsibility (duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable)

    masculine
  2. a fee or tax

    masculine
  3. post (appointed position)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Latin -ic- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ico Latin carricāre Vulgar Latin *incarricāre Portuguese encarregar Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Old Galician-Portuguese -o Portuguese -o Portuguese encargo From encarregar + -o.

verb/ẽˈkaʁ.ɡu/Brazil[ẽˈkaɦ.ɡu]Brazil/ĩˈkaʁ.ɡu/Brazil[ĩˈkaɦ.ɡu]Brazil
  1. first-person singular present indicative of encargar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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