encantar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin incantāre, present active infinitive of incantō, possibly taken as a semi-learned term. Equivalent to en- + cantar.
Pronunciation
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
infinitive | encantar | ||||||
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present participle | encantant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | encantat | encantada | |||||
plural | encantats | encantades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | encanto | encantes | encanta | encantem | encanteu | encanten | |
imperfect | encantava | encantaves | encantava | encantàvem | encantàveu | encantaven | |
future | encantaré | encantaràs | encantarà | encantarem | encantareu | encantaran | |
preterite | encantí | encantares | encantà | encantàrem | encantàreu | encantaren | |
conditional | encantaria | encantaries | encantaria | encantaríem | encantaríeu | encantarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | encanti | encantis | encanti | encantem | encanteu | encantin | |
imperfect | encantés | encantessis | encantés | encantéssim | encantéssiu | encantessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | encanta | encanti | encantem | encanteu | encantin |
Derived terms
Related terms
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.
- “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.
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)
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
Verb
encantar (first-person singular present indicative encanto, past participle encantado)
- to enchant, charm
- to delight
- to bewitch, put a spell on
- first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of encantar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of encantar
- first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of encantar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of encantar
Conjugation
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/, [ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Verb
encantar (first-person singular present encanto, first-person singular preterite encanté, past participle encantado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
Related terms
- encantado (adjective)
- encantador (adjective), m or f
- encantadoramente (adverb)
- encantamiento m
- encanto m
- cantar