encruamento

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾu.aˈmẽ.tu/ [ẽ.kɾʊ.aˈmẽ.tu], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾwaˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾu.aˈmẽ.tu/ [ĩ.kɾʊ.aˈmẽ.tu], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾwaˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾu.aˈmẽ.tu/ [ẽ.kɾʊ.aˈmẽ.tu], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾwaˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾu.aˈmẽ.tu/ [ĩ.kɾʊ.aˈmẽ.tu], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾwaˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾu.aˈmẽ.to/ [ẽ.kɾʊ.aˈmẽ.to], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾwaˈmẽ.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾu.aˈmẽ.to/ [ĩ.kɾʊ.aˈmẽ.to], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾwaˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾu.ɐˈmẽ.tu/, (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾwɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: en‧cru‧a‧men‧to

Noun

encruamento m (plural encruamentos)

1. (metallurgy) work hardening (repeated plastic deformation of a material)
2. heartburn (burning pain in the chest caused by acid entering the gullet)