What does enforcado in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word enforcado in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use enforcado in Portuguese.

The word enforcado in Portuguese means hanged, enforcado, ser enforcado, ser enforcado, ser enforcado, ser enforcado, ser enforcado. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word enforcado

hanged

enforcado

adjective (executed by suspension by the neck)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
The hanged man had been caught stealing a horse.

ser enforcado

intransitive verb (dated, slang (be hanged)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)
If the killer is caught, he'll dangle.

ser enforcado

intransitive verb (die by hanging)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
O ladrão será enforcado quando eles descobrirem seus crimes.
The thief will hang when they discover his crimes.

ser enforcado

verbal expression (be executed this way)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)

ser enforcado

intransitive verb (be hanged)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
The judge told the defendant he would swing.

ser enforcado

(dated, slang (be hanged for a crime)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
"Você será enforcado pelo que fez!" disse a viúva ao fora da lei.
"You'll swing for what you've done!" said the widow to the outlaw.

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