encantar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
encantar (first-person singular present encanto, first-person singular preterite encantí, past participle encantat)
Usage notes
- In the sense translated as 'love', subject and object are reversed from those of to love. That is, the subject of encantar is the thing that is loved and the indirect object is the person loving it. As the object is indirect, a third-person subject is supplemented with the preposition a, or substituted by pronouns li/els.
- M'encanta l'hivern. — I love winter a lot. (literally to me winter loves a lot)
Conjugation
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, 2024
- “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 Galician-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
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Occitan
Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | encantar | aver encantat | |||||
gerund | encantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | encantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | encanti | encantas | encanta | encantam | encantatz | encantan | |
imperfect | encantavi | encantavas | encantava | encantàvem | encantàvetz | encantavan | |
preterite | encantèri | encantères | encantèt | encantèrem | encantèretz | encantèron | |
future | encantarai | encantaràs | encantarà | encantarem | encantaretz | encantaràn | |
conditional | encantariái | encantariás | encantariá | encantariam | encantariatz | encantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | encantèra | encantèras | encantèra | encanteram | encanteratz | encantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encante | encantem | encantetz | encanten | |
imperfect | encantèssi | encantèsses | encantèsse | encantèssem | encantèssetz | encantèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
encanta | encantem | encantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | encantar | aver encantat | |||||
gerund | encantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | encantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encanta | encantam | encantatz | encanton | |
imperfect | encantave | encantaves | encantava | encantaviam | encantaviatz | encantavon | |
preterite | encantere | encanteres | encantet | encantem | encantetz | encanteron | |
future | encantarai | encantaràs | encantará | encantarem | encantaretz | encantarán | |
conditional | encantariá | encantariás | encantariá | encantariam | encantariatz | encantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | encantèra | encantèras | encantèra | encanteram | encanteratz | encantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encante | encantassiam | encantassiatz | encanton | |
imperfect | encantesse | encantesses | encantesse | encantessiam | encantessiatz | encantesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
encanta | encantassiam | encantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | encantar | aver encantat | |||||
gerund | encantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | encantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | encanti | encantas | encanta | encantam | encantatz | encantan | |
imperfect | encantavi | encantavas | encantava | encantàvam | encantàvatz | encantavan | |
preterite | encantèi | encantès | encantè | encantèm | encantètz | encantèn | |
future | encantarèi | encantaràs | encantarà | encantaram | encantaratz | encantaràn | |
conditional | encantarí | encantarés | encantaré | encantarem | encantaretz | encantarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | encantèra | encantèras | encantèra | encanteram | encanteratz | encantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | encanti | encantes | encante | encantem | encantetz | encanten | |
imperfect | encantèssi | encantèsses | encantèsse | encantèssem | encantèssetz | encantèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
encanta | encantem | encantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | encantar | aver encantat | |||||
gerund | encantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | encantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | encante | encantas | encanta | encantam | encantatz | encantan | |
imperfect | encantava | encantavas | encantava | encantàvam | encantàvatz | encantavan | |
preterite | encantei | encanteras | encantet | encantèram | encantèratz | encanteran | |
future | encantarai | encantaràs | encantará | encantarem | encantaretz | encantarán | |
conditional | encantariá | encantariàs | encantariá | encantariam | encantariatz | encantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | encantèra | encantèras | encantèra | encanteram | encanteratz | encantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encante | encantem | encantetz | encanten | |
imperfect | encantèsse | encantèsses | encantèsse | encantèssem | encantèssetz | encantèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
encanta | encantem | encantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | encantar | aver encantat | |||||
gerund | encantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | encantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encanta | encantam | encantatz | encantan | |
imperfect | encantavi | encantavas | encantava | encantàvem | encantàvetz | encantavan | |
preterite | encantère | encantères | encantèt | encanteriam | encanteriatz | encantèron | |
future | encantarai | encantaràs | encantarà | encantarem | encantaretz | encantaràn | |
conditional | encantariáu | encantariás | encantariá | encantariam | encantariatz | encantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | encantèra | encantèras | encantèra | encanteram | encanteratz | encantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encante | encantem | encantetz | encantan | |
imperfect | encantèsse | encantèsses | encantèsse | encantessiam | encantessiatz | encantèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
encanta | encantem | encantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese encantar, from Latin incantāre, possibly taken as a semi-learned term. By surface analysis, en- + cantar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɐ̃ˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta.ɾi/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kɐ̃.ˈta(h)/
- Hyphenation: en‧can‧tar
Verb
encantar (first-person singular present encanto, first-person singular preterite encantei, past participle encantado)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enkanˈtaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧can‧tar
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 tú imperative encanta | |||||||
dative | encántame | encántate | encántale | encántanos | not used | encántales | |
accusative | encántame | encántate | encántalo, encántala | encántanos | not used | encántalos, encántalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative encantá | |||||||
dative | encantame | encantate | encantale | encantanos | not used | encantales | |
accusative | encantame | encantate | encantalo, encantala | encantanos | not used | encantalos, encantalas | |
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
- cantar
- encantado (adjective)
- encantador m (adjective)
- encantadoramente (adverb)
- encantamiento m
- encanto m
See also
Further reading
- “encantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014