# encarar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From en- +‎ cara (“face”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaˈɾa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaˈɾa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaˈɾa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaˈɾa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.kɐˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.kɐˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.kɐˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: en‧ca‧rar

### Verb

encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encarei, past participle encarado)
* (transitive) to face (position oneself/itself towards)
    Synonyms: arrostrar, afrontar, defrontar
* (transitive) to face (deal with)
    Synonyms: lidar, cuidar
* (transitive) to stare at

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “encarar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
* “encarar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
* “encarar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “encarar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “encarar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* “encarar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

From en- +‎ cara +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /enkaˈɾaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kaˈɾaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: en‧ca‧rar

### Verb

encarar (first-person singular present encaro, first-person singular preterite encaré, past participle encarado)
* (transitive) to confront, to face
    Synonyms: abordar, enfrentar
* (intransitive) to place face to face

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | encarar | encarar | encarar | encarar | encarar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | encarando | encarando | encarando | encarando | encarando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | encarado | encarado | encarada | encarada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | encarados | encarados | encaradas | encaradas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | encaro | encaras$^{tú}$ encarás$^{vos}$ | encara | encaramos | encaráis | encaran |
| indicative | imperfect | encaraba | encarabas | encaraba | encarábamos | encarabais | encaraban |
| indicative | preterite | encaré | encaraste | encaró | encaramos | encarasteis | encararon |
| indicative | future | encararé | encararás | encarará | encararemos | encararéis | encararán |
| indicative | conditional | encararía | encararías | encararía | encararíamos | encararíais | encararían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | encare | encares$^{tú}$ encarés$^{vos2}$ | encare | encaremos | encaréis | encaren |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | encarara | encararas | encarara | encaráramos | encararais | encararan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | encarase | encarases | encarase | encarásemos | encaraseis | encarasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | encarare | encarares | encarare | encaráremos | encarareis | encararen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | encara$^{tú}$ encará$^{vos}$ | encare | encaremos | encarad | encaren |
| imperative | negative | | no encares | no encare | no encaremos | no encaréis | no encaren |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “encarar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014