encaroçado

Etymology

Encaroçar (“to form pellets; to form growths”) +‎ -ado (“-ated”), from caroço (“hard seed; growth; undissolved pellet”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˌka.ɾo.ˈsa.du/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ˌka.ɾo.ˈsa.do/

Adjective

encaroçado m (feminine singular encaroçada, masculine plural encaroçados, feminine plural encaroçadas, comparable)

1. containing undissolved pellets

   Esta massa está muito encaroçada, melhor amassá-la mais.

   This dough has too many pellets, better knead it more.

2. containing growths (abnormal masses, such as a tumours)

   O oncologista diagnosticou o cancro ao ver o seio encaroçado.

   The oncologist diagnosed the cancer when he saw the breast full of growths.

Verb

encaroçado m (feminine singular encaroçada, masculine plural encaroçados, feminine plural encaroçadas)

1. Masculine singular past participle of encaroçar