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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enkaɾiˈɲaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ca‧ri‧ñar
Verb
encariñar (first-person singular present encariño, first-person singular preterite encariñé, past participle encariñado)
- (transitive) to cause to grow fond of
- (reflexive) to get attached to, to grow fond of, to become fond of (usually accompanied by con)
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 53:A veces los Duendes se encariñan con una casa, de cuya posesión quieren disfrutar solos. Entonces molestan a los inquilinos hasta conseguir que se muden, dejándolos en paz en cuanto logran su objeto.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of encariñar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive encariñar
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dative
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encariñarme
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encariñarte
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encariñarle, encariñarse
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encariñarnos
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encariñaros
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encariñarles, encariñarse
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accusative
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encariñarme
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encariñarte
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encariñarlo, encariñarla, encariñarse
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encariñarnos
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encariñaros
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encariñarlos, encariñarlas, encariñarse
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with gerund encariñando
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dative
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encariñándome
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encariñándote
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encariñándole, encariñándose
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encariñándonos
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encariñándoos
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encariñándoles, encariñándose
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accusative
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encariñándome
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encariñándote
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encariñándolo, encariñándola, encariñándose
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encariñándonos
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encariñándoos
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encariñándolos, encariñándolas, encariñándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative encariña
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dative
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encaríñame
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encaríñate
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encaríñale
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encaríñanos
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not used
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encaríñales
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accusative
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encaríñame
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encaríñate
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encaríñalo, encaríñala
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encaríñanos
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not used
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encaríñalos, encaríñalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative encariñá
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dative
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encariñame
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encariñate
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encariñale
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encariñanos
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not used
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encariñales
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accusative
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encariñame
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encariñate
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encariñalo, encariñala
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encariñanos
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not used
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encariñalos, encariñalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative encariñe
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dative
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encaríñeme
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not used
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encaríñele, encaríñese
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encaríñenos
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not used
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encaríñeles
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accusative
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encaríñeme
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not used
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encaríñelo, encaríñela, encaríñese
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encaríñenos
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not used
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encaríñelos, encaríñelas
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with first-person plural imperative encariñemos
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dative
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not used
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encariñémoste
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encariñémosle
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encariñémonos
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encariñémoos
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encariñémosles
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accusative
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not used
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encariñémoste
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encariñémoslo, encariñémosla
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encariñémonos
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encariñémoos
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encariñémoslos, encariñémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative encariñad
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dative
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encariñadme
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not used
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encariñadle
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encariñadnos
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encariñaos
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encariñadles
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accusative
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encariñadme
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not used
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encariñadlo, encariñadla
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encariñadnos
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encariñaos
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encariñadlos, encariñadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative encariñen
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dative
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encaríñenme
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not used
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encaríñenle
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encaríñennos
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not used
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encaríñenles, encaríñense
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accusative
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encaríñenme
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not used
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encaríñenlo, encaríñenla
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encaríñennos
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not used
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encaríñenlos, encaríñenlas, encaríñense
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