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encrencar.

to complicate

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ẽ.kɾẽˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ẽ.kɾẽˈka(h)]Brazil/ĩ.kɾẽˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ĩ.kɾẽˈka(h)]Brazil
  1. to complicate

    transitive
  2. to get (someone) into trouble

    transitive
  3. to get (oneself) into trouble

    intransitive · pronominal
Where this word comes from

Uncertain, with many competing theories: * From encrenca (“trouble”) + -ar (Michaelis makes a circular etymology); * From encrenque (“useless person”) + -ar; * From Latin intricāre, making it a doublet of intrigar and intricar.

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