encentar
Spanish
Etymology
From encetar (with influence from comenzar), from Latin inceptāre.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enθenˈtaɾ/ [ẽn̟.θẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ensenˈtaɾ/ [ẽn.sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧cen‧tar
Verb
encentar (first-person singular present encento, first-person singular preterite encenté, past participle encentado) (rare)
Conjugation
Conjugation of encentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of encentar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive encentar | dative | encentarme | encentarte | encentarle, encentarse | encentarnos | encentaros | encentarles, encentarse |
| accusative | encentarme | encentarte | encentarlo, encentarla, encentarse | encentarnos | encentaros | encentarlos, encentarlas, encentarse | |
| with gerund encentando | dative | encentándome | encentándote | encentándole, encentándose | encentándonos | encentándoos | encentándoles, encentándose |
| accusative | encentándome | encentándote | encentándolo, encentándola, encentándose | encentándonos | encentándoos | encentándolos, encentándolas, encentándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative encenta | dative | encéntame | encéntate | encéntale | encéntanos | not used | encéntales |
| accusative | encéntame | encéntate | encéntalo, encéntala | encéntanos | not used | encéntalos, encéntalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative encentá | dative | encentame | encentate | encentale | encentanos | not used | encentales |
| accusative | encentame | encentate | encentalo, encentala | encentanos | not used | encentalos, encentalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative encente | dative | encénteme | not used | encéntele, encéntese | encéntenos | not used | encénteles |
| accusative | encénteme | not used | encéntelo, encéntela, encéntese | encéntenos | not used | encéntelos, encéntelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative encentemos | dative | not used | encentémoste | encentémosle | encentémonos | encentémoos | encentémosles |
| accusative | not used | encentémoste | encentémoslo, encentémosla | encentémonos | encentémoos | encentémoslos, encentémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative encentad | dative | encentadme | not used | encentadle | encentadnos | encentaos | encentadles |
| accusative | encentadme | not used | encentadlo, encentadla | encentadnos | encentaos | encentadlos, encentadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative encenten | dative | encéntenme | not used | encéntenle | encéntennos | not used | encéntenles, encéntense |
| accusative | encéntenme | not used | encéntenlo, encéntenla | encéntennos | not used | encéntenlos, encéntenlas, encéntense | |
Derived terms
References
- ^ “encetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Further reading
- “encentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024