encanar

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From en- +‎ cano +‎ -ar. ==== Verb ==== encanar (first-person singular present encano, first-person singular preterite encanei, past participle encanado) (transitive) to conduct (liquid) through a tube, canal or aqueduct; to pipe Antonym: desencanar to cut grooves in (a column) lengthwise to orient in a given direction (Portugal, colloquial) to drink (too much wine) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== encanado === Etymology 2 === From en- +‎ cana (“cane”) +‎ -ar. The colloquial sense "to imprison" comes from Brazilian slang cana (“prison, jail”). ==== Verb ==== encanar (first-person singular present encano, first-person singular preterite encanei, past participle encanado) (transitive) to splint (a broken bone) Antonym: desencanar (transitive, Brazil, colloquial) to put in prison, to imprison, to incarcerate, to jail (intransitive) to acquire characteristics of cane (of corn, etc.) (intransitive or reflexive, Brazil, colloquial) to worry, to preoccupy oneself [with com] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== encanado === Further reading === “encanar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “encanar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026