encantar

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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əŋ.kənˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /eŋ.kanˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

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

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

• encantador

• cantar

• “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.

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

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

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

• cantar

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

• (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

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

1. to enchant, charm
2. to delight
3. to bewitch, put a spell on
4. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of encantar
5. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of encantar
6. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of encantar
7. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of encantar

• cantar

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

• IPA^(key): /enkanˈtaɾ/, [ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

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).

   Synonym: gustar mucho

4. to bewitch

   Synonym: embrujar

• prendar