encarecendo
Encarecendo is the gerund form of the Portuguese verb encarecer, meaning to become or to make more expensive. It denotes an ongoing process in which prices or costs rise, rather than a single discrete change. The term is mainly used to describe dynamics of price increases in real time or in descriptive passages about trends.
In usage, encarecendo can be placed in sentences such as "Os preços estão encarecendo" to indicate that
Etymology and nuance: encarecer comes from the prefix en- plus caro (expensive), with encarecendo functioning as
Related terms include encarecimento (the noun for the act of becoming more expensive), inflação, and aumento