encentar

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Spanish

Etymology

From encetar (with influence from comenzar), from Latin inceptāre.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /enθenˈtaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ensenˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧cen‧tar

Verb

encentar (first-person singular present encento, first-person singular preterite encenté, past participle encentado) (rare)

  1. to begin
    Synonyms: empezar, comenzar
  2. to injure, wound
    Synonyms: herir, llagar

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References

  1. ^ 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], 2024 December 10

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