encrenqueiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From encrenca +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾẽˈke(j).ɾu/ [ẽ.kɾẽˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾẽˈke(j).ɾu/ [ĩ.kɾẽˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾẽˈke(j).ɾu/ [ẽ.kɾẽˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾẽˈke(j).ɾu/ [ĩ.kɾẽˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾẽˈke(j).ɾo/ [ẽ.kɾẽˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾẽˈke(j).ɾo/ [ĩ.kɾẽˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾẽˈkɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾẽˈkɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾẽˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾẽˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾẽˈke.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -eɾu, -ejɾu, -ɐjɾu
• Hyphenation: en‧cren‧quei‧ro

Adjective

encrenqueiro (feminine encrenqueira, masculine plural encrenqueiros, feminine plural encrenqueiras)

1. troublesome (who causes trouble)
2. troublesome (who tends to cause confusion, fights, conflicts, etc.)

Noun

encrenqueiro m (plural encrenqueiros, feminine encrenqueira, feminine plural encrenqueiras)

1. troublemaker (one who causes trouble)
2. troublemaker (one who tends to cause confusion, fights, conflicts, etc.)

Related terms

• encrencador

 

Further reading

• “encrenqueiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “encrenqueiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024