encarnar

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Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin incarnāre, from Latin carō.

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encarnar (first-person singular present encarno, first-person singular preterite encarní, past participle encarnat)

  1. (transitive) to incarnate, embody
  2. (transitive, figurative) to personify
  3. (intransitive) to become ingrown
  4. (transitive) to redden

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnāre, from Latin carō (flesh).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaɦˈna(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaɦˈna(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɾˈna(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɾˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaʁˈna(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaʁˈna(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɻˈna(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɻˈna(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: en‧car‧nar

Verb[edit]

encarnar (first-person singular present encarno, first-person singular preterite encarnei, past participle encarnado)

  1. to incarnate (to embody in flesh)
  2. to incarnate; to embody (to represent in a concrete form)
    Synonym: personificar

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Etymology[edit]

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin incarnāre, a verb based on Latin carnem (flesh).

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  • IPA(key): /enkaɾˈnaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kaɾˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧car‧nar

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encarnar (first-person singular present encarno, first-person singular preterite encarné, past participle encarnado)

  1. to embody; to play
    El actor encarnó a Don Juan.
    The actor played Don Juan.
  2. to incarnate
  3. to ingrow
    uña encarnadaingrown nail

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