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encurralar.

to lead to a corral (enclosure for animals)

10 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ẽ.ku.ʁaˈla(ʁ)/Brazil[ẽ.ku.haˈla(h)]Brazil/ĩ.ku.ʁaˈla(ʁ)/Brazil[ĩ.ku.haˈla(h)]Brazil
  1. to lead to a corral (enclosure for animals)

    transitive
  2. to surround, to besiege, to corner

    transitive
  3. to be surrounded

    reflexive
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 curral Portuguese -ar Portuguese encurralar From en- + curral + -ar.

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