encanado

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Participle

encanado (feminine encanada, masculine plural encanados, feminine plural encanadas)

1. past participle of encanar (“to pipe (water), etc.”)

Adjective

encanado (feminine encanada, masculine plural encanados, feminine plural encanadas)

1. channeled
2. piped (conveyed by a pipe) (of water or another liquid)

   água encanada ― piped water

3. in circulation between two openings (of air)

Noun

encanado m (plural encanados)

1. abrupt narrowing in a stream

Etymology 2

Participle

encanado (feminine encanada, masculine plural encanados, feminine plural encanadas)

1. past participle of encanar (“to splint, to imprison, etc.”)

Adjective

encanado (feminine encanada, masculine plural encanados, feminine plural encanadas)

1. immobilized (of a bone, by means of a splint or cast)
2. (Brazil, slang) in jail, in prison
3. (Brazil, colloquial) worried; preoccupied