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encantar

/enkanˈtaɾ/

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verb/enkanˈtaɾ/

to charm, to enchant; to please, to delight; to bewitch

Me encantan los mariscos.I love seafood.

Synonyms: gustar mucho, embrujar

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin cantō Latin incantāreslbor.? Spanish encantar Possibly a semi-learned borrowing from Latin in