encantar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin incantāre, present active infinitive of incantō, possibly taken as a semi-learned term. Equivalent to en- +‎ cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.kənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.kanˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

encantar (first-person singular present encanto, first-person singular preterite encantí, past participle encantat)

1. to enchant, charm, delight
2. to love, enjoy
3. to bewitch, put a spell on

Usage notes

In the sense of 'love', the person loving is used as the direct object, and the person/thing loved as the subject.

Derived terms

• encantador
• encanteri

Related terms

• cantar

Further reading

• “encantar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “encantar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “encantar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “encantar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese encantar, from Latin incantāre, present active infinitive of incantō, possibly taken as a semi-learned term. Equivalent to en- +‎ cantar.

Verb

1. to enchant, charm
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of encantar
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of encantar

Related terms

• cantar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese encantar, from Latin incantāre, present active infinitive of incantō, possibly taken as a semi-learned term. Equivalent to en- +‎ cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɐ̃.ˈta(ʁ)/, /ĩ.kɐ̃.ˈta(ʁ)/
  • IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐ̃.ˈta(h)/
• Hyphenation: en‧can‧tar

Verb

1. to enchant, charm
2. to delight
3. to bewitch, put a spell on
4. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Related terms

• cantar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incantāre, present active infinitive of incantō, possibly taken as a semi-learned term. Equivalent to en- +‎ cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enkanˈtaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to delight, be delighting to, to charm, enchant
2. to please
3. (with reversed subject and object) to like very much, love, enjoy

   Me encantan los mariscos. ― I love seafood (more literally, seafood pleases me).

   Synonym: gustar mucho

4. to bewitch

   Synonym: embrujar

Related terms

• cantar
• encantado (adjective)
• encantador (adjective), m or f
• encantadoramente (adverb)
• encantamiento m
• encanto m

 

See also

• prendar