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# How to pronounce "encumbers" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ɛnkʌmbɛrs/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **en·cum·bers**
- **Parts of Speech**: verb
- **VERB**: third-person singular simple present indicative of encumber

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (4 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "encumbers" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "encumbers the earth in gross heaps. If one can't contrive to live on a"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 16:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj1Fbgzn014&t=976s)

### Example 2
> "encumbersome later lightened becoming capable with Tao BR of marking seconds"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 393:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZuZfwuqoAs&t=23602s)

### Example 3
> "the ideas notebook encumbers and compasses designers capture devices excluding augmented paper notebooks and digital devices such as digital cameras"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 15:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPR_GlN4fC8&t=944s)

### Example 4
> "look uh we need to speed this up and if Israel were to open fully it it's Main terminal with Gaza on the Israeli side then that could be fulfilled uh currently uh there is a a very slow encumbersome uh operation to check every single truckload of Aid and that is controlled by Israel Israel says that's necessary because it doesn't want anything going to Hamas that would help it prosecute its War uh and at the moment there's not enough Aid going"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDnDN1DwctE&t=272s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [enambers](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/enambers), [enchambers](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/enchambers), [enc](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/enc), [encaenia](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/encaenia), [encage](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/encage), [encaged](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/encaged), [encages](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/encages), [encaging](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/encaging)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "encumbers" correctly?
"encumbers" is pronounced `/ɛnkʌmbɛrs/`. Syllable breakdown: **en·cum·bers**.

### What does "encumbers" mean in context?
third-person singular simple present indicative of encumber

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