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encucar.

to confuse

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ẽ.kuˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ẽ.kuˈka(h)]Brazil/ĩ.kuˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ĩ.kuˈka(h)]Brazil
  1. to confuse

    transitive
  2. to convince oneself (that something is the case); to be overly worried or fixated about something; to put into one's own head

    Brazil · colloquial · intransitive
    Ele encucou que vai ficar careca antes dos 25 e está tomando Minoxidil.
  3. to be puzzled, stumped or stuck on something

    Brazil · colloquial · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Portuguese en- Portuguese cuca Portuguese -ar Portuguese encucar From en- + cuca (“noggin”) + -ar.

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