encisar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hechizar, from hechizo, from Latin factīcius, from faciō (“to make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.siˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [en.siˈzaɾ]

Verb

encisar (first-person singular present enciso, first-person singular preterite encisí, past participle encisat)

1. (transitive) to bewitch, to hex, to enchant

   Synonym: embruixar

2. (transitive, figurative) to charm, to captivate

   Synonym: captivar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encisar (first conjugation)

infinitive			encisar
gerund			encisant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		encisat		encisada
		plural		encisats		encisades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enciso	encises	encisa	encisem	enciseu	encisen
	imperfect	encisava	encisaves	encisava	encisàvem	encisàveu	encisaven
	future	encisaré	encisaràs	encisarà	encisarem	encisareu	encisaran
	preterite	encisí	encisares	encisà	encisàrem	encisàreu	encisaren
	conditional	encisaria	encisaries	encisaria	encisaríem	encisaríeu	encisarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	encisi	encisis	encisi	encisem	enciseu	encisin
	imperfect	encisés	encisessis	encisés	enciséssim	enciséssiu	encisessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	encisa	encisi	encisem	enciseu	encisin
	negative (no)	—	no encisis	no encisi	no encisem	no enciseu	no encisin

Derived terms

• desencisar
• encís
• encisador

Further reading

• “encisar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.