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

Noun

encamisada f (plural encamisades)

  1. ambush
  2. (folklore) a cavalcade of men dressed in identical shirts
  3. (metonymic) a festival featuring such cavalcades

Participle

encamisada f sg

  1. feminine singular of encamisat

Further reading

Spanish

Adjective

encamisada

  1. feminine singular of encamisado
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