encantar

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

  1. to enchant, to charm, to delight
  2. to love, to enjoy
  3. to bewitch, to 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.

Conjugation

Galician

Etymology

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

Verb

encantar (first-person singular present encanto, first-person singular preterite encantei, past participle encantado)

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

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

encantar (first-person singular present indicative encanto, past participle encantado)

  1. to enchant or charm
  2. to delight
  3. to bewitch or put a spell on

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

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

Verb

encantar (first-person singular present encanto, first-person singular preterite encanté, past participle encantado)

  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).
  4. to bewitch

Conjugation

        Conjugation of encantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive encantar
    gerund encantando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular encantado encantada
    plural encantados encantadas
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present encanto encantastú
    encantásvos    		 encanta encantamos encantáis encantan
    imperfect encantaba encantabas encantaba encantábamos encantabais encantaban
    preterite encanté encantaste encantó encantamos encantasteis encantaron
    future encantaré encantarás encantará encantaremos encantaréis encantarán
    conditional encantaría encantarías encantaría encantaríamos encantaríais encantarían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present encante encantestú
    encantésvos2    		 encante encantemos encantéis encanten
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 encantara encantaras encantara encantáramos encantarais encantaran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 encantase encantases encantase encantásemos encantaseis encantasen
    future1 encantare encantares encantare encantáremos encantareis encantaren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative encantatú
    encantávos    		 encante encantemos encantad encanten
    negative no encantes no encante no encantemos no encantéis no encanten
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
          Selected combined forms of encantaredit data

      These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      with infinitive encantar
      dative encantarme encantarte encantarle, encantarse encantarnos encantaros encantarles, encantarse
      accusative encantarme encantarte encantarlo, encantarla, encantarse encantarnos encantaros encantarlos, encantarlas, encantarse
      with gerund encantando
      dative encantándome encantándote encantándole, encantándose encantándonos encantándoos encantándoles, encantándose
      accusative encantándome encantándote encantándolo, encantándola, encantándose encantándonos encantándoos encantándolos, encantándolas, encantándose
      with informal second-person singular imperative encanta
      dative encántame encántate encántale encántanos not used encántales
      accusative encántame encántate encántalo, encántala encántanos not used encántalos, encántalas
      with formal second-person singular imperative encante
      dative encánteme not used encántele, encántese encántenos not used encánteles
      accusative encánteme not used encántelo, encántela, encántese encántenos not used encántelos, encántelas
      with first-person plural imperative encantemos
      dative not used encantémoste encantémosle encantémonos encantémoos encantémosles
      accusative not used encantémoste encantémoslo, encantémosla encantémonos encantémoos encantémoslos, encantémoslas
      with informal second-person plural imperative encantad
      dative encantadme not used encantadle encantadnos encantaos encantadles
      accusative encantadme not used encantadlo, encantadla encantadnos encantaos encantadlos, encantadlas
      with formal second-person plural imperative encanten
      dative encántenme not used encántenle encántennos not used encántenles, encántense
      accusative encántenme not used encántenlo, encántenla encántennos not used encántenlos, encántenlas, encántense

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