encender

Spanish

verb

Definitions

to light, ignite
to turn on, switch on, power up

Etymology

Inherited from Latin incendere.

Origin

Latin

incendere

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

incend English
incensation English
incense English
incensement English
incenser English
incensive English
incensole English
incensor English
incensory English
incensy English
reincense English
incendere Latin
encens Middle English
شَعَلَ Arabic
encendre Catalan, Valencian
încinge Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
insenso Tagalog
sindi Tagalog
xegħel Maltese