enguiçar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Possibly from Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (inweitan) or from Vulgar Latin *inīquitiāre. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: en‧gui‧çar === Verb === enguiçar (first-person singular present enguiço, first-person singular preterite enguicei, past participle enguiçado) to evil-eye (to cast an evil eye) Synonyms: mau olhar, quebrantar (Brazil) to break (to stop functioning properly) Synonyms: estragar, quebrar to stunt a vegetable (to hinder the growth of) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== enguiçado enguiçador enguiçamento enguiço === Further reading === “enguiçar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “enguiçar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026