encamisada

== Catalan == === Etymology === The sense of "ambush" comes from the practice of donning white shirts when conducting a nighttime raid in order to clearly differentiate attackers from enemy combatants. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.kə.miˈza.ðə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ka.miˈza.ða] === Noun === encamisada f (plural encamisades) ambush (folklore) a cavalcade of men dressed in identical shirts (metonymic) a festival featuring such cavalcades === Participle === encamisada f sg feminine singular of encamisat === Further reading === “encamisada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Spanish == === Adjective === encamisada feminine singular of encamisado