encarnação

See also: Encarnação

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese encarnaçon, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātiōnem. Cognate with Galician and Spanish encarnación, Catalan encarnació, French incarnation and Italian incarnazione.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.kaɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.kaɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ẽ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɐɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Noun

encarnação f (plural encarnações)

  1. incarnation
  2. embodiment