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Etymology
From encantar + -dor.
Adjective
encantador (feminine encantadora, masculine plural encantadors, feminine plural encantadores)
- charming
Derived terms
Noun
encantador m (plural encantadors, feminine encantadora)
- enchanter, spellcaster
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese encantador (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin incantātor (“enchanter, soothsayer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
encantador m (plural encantadores, feminine encantadora, feminine plural encantadoras)
- enchanter
Adjective
encantador (feminine encantadora, masculine plural encantadores, feminine plural encantadoras)
- charming
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “encantador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “encantador”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “encantador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “encantador”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin incantātōrem, singular accusative of incantātor (“enchanter, soothsayer”), from incantō (“I enchant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
encantador m (plural encantadores)
- enchanter, sorcerer
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49r:Sant peẏdro fo p̃dicar en roma. e por occaſiõ de ſimõ magus el encantador. nero el enꝑador fizolo meter en .+. dela cabeça aẏuſo e delos pies aſuſo.- Saint Peter went to Rome to preach, and because of Simon Magus the sorcerer Nero the emperor had him put on a cross with his head down and his feet up.
Synonyms
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From encantar + -dor.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃.taˈdoɾ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃.taˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃.taˈdoɻ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃.taˈdoɻ/
- Hyphenation: en‧can‧ta‧dor
Adjective
encantador (feminine encantadora, masculine plural encantadores, feminine plural encantadoras)
- charming (pleasant; charismatic; beautiful)
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish encantador. Analyzable as encantar (“to enchant”) + -ador.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enkantaˈdoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: en‧can‧ta‧dor
Adjective
encantador (feminine encantadora, masculine plural encantadores, feminine plural encantadoras)
- charming, captivating, enchanting, lovely
Juan es un hombre encantador. Tienes suerte de tenerlo.- John is a lovely man. You're lucky to have him.
- delightful, lovely
Fue una noche encantadora.- It was a delightful evening.
- winsome
Noun
encantador m (plural encantadores, feminine encantadora, feminine plural encantadoras)
- charmer
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