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

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) /ən.kə.miˈza.də/

IPA^(key): (Valencian) /en.ka.miˈza.da/

Noun

encamisada f (plural encamisades)

ambush
(folklore) a cavalcade of men dressed in identical shirts
(metonymically) a festival featuring such cavalcades

Participle

encamisada f sg

feminine singular of encamisat

Spanish

Adjective

encamisada

feminine singular of encamisado

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