encantar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to delight, be delighting to, to charm, enchant
- to please
- (with reversed subject and object) to like very much, love, enjoy
- to bewitch
Etymology
Derived from Latin incantāre prefix from Spanish, Castilian cantar (sing).
Origin
Spanish
cantar
Gloss
sing
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cantāre Latin
- incantāre Latin
- incantare Italian
- enchanter French
- cantaleta Spanish, Castilian
- cantamañanas Spanish, Castilian
- cantante Spanish, Castilian
- cantar Spanish, Castilian
- cantarín Spanish, Castilian
- desencantar Spanish, Castilian
- encantador Spanish, Castilian
- encantadoramente Spanish, Castilian
- *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- cantar Portuguese
- enchanter Old French
- encantar Catalan, Valencian
- encantar Old Portuguese
- ncãntu Aromanian
- kanta Kabuverdianu
- ekantaa'ñö Maquiritari
- etanta'ñö Maquiritari