incantare
Italian (Fiorentino)
verb
Definitions
- to enchant, bewitch, beguile, spellbind
- to charm; to romantically attract
- (figurative) seduce by flattery, promises, obsequiousness, etc.
Etymology
Derived from Latin incantāre.
Origin
Latin
incantāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- incantāre Latin
- disincantare Italian
- incantamento Italian
- rincantare Italian
- scantare Italian
- enchanter French
- encantar Spanish, Castilian
- *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- enchanter Old French
- encantar Catalan, Valencian
- encantar Old Portuguese
- ncãntu Aromanian