enconar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inquināre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enkoˈnaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧co‧nar

Verb

enconar (first-person singular present encono, first-person singular preterite enconé, past participle enconado)

  1. (transitive) to inflame, anger
  2. (transitive, medicine) to cause to become inflamed
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 302:
      Para que las heridas no se enconen y cicatricen luego, es bueno hacerlas lamer por un perro, porque la lenga de este animal es curativa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enconar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive enconar
gerund enconando
past participle masculine feminine
singular enconado enconada
plural enconados enconadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present encono enconastú
enconásvos 		encona enconamos enconáis enconan
imperfect enconaba enconabas enconaba enconábamos enconabais enconaban
preterite enconé enconaste enconó enconamos enconasteis enconaron
future enconaré enconarás enconará enconaremos enconaréis enconarán
conditional enconaría enconarías enconaría enconaríamos enconaríais enconarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present encone enconestú
enconésvos2 		encone enconemos enconéis enconen
imperfect
(ra) 		enconara enconaras enconara enconáramos enconarais enconaran
imperfect
(se) 		enconase enconases enconase enconásemos enconaseis enconasen
future1 enconare enconares enconare enconáremos enconareis enconaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative enconatú
enconávos 		encone enconemos enconad enconen
negative no encones no encone no enconemos no enconéis no enconen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of enconar

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 enconar dative enconarme enconarte enconarle, enconarse enconarnos enconaros enconarles, enconarse
accusative enconarme enconarte enconarlo, enconarla, enconarse enconarnos enconaros enconarlos, enconarlas, enconarse
with gerund enconando dative enconándome enconándote enconándole, enconándose enconándonos enconándoos enconándoles, enconándose
accusative enconándome enconándote enconándolo, enconándola, enconándose enconándonos enconándoos enconándolos, enconándolas, enconándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative encona dative encóname encónate encónale encónanos not used encónales
accusative encóname encónate encónalo, encónala encónanos not used encónalos, encónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enconá dative enconame enconate enconale enconanos not used enconales
accusative enconame enconate enconalo, enconala enconanos not used enconalos, enconalas
with formal second-person singular imperative encone dative encóneme not used encónele, encónese encónenos not used encóneles
accusative encóneme not used encónelo, encónela, encónese encónenos not used encónelos, encónelas
with first-person plural imperative enconemos dative not used enconémoste enconémosle enconémonos enconémoos enconémosles
accusative not used enconémoste enconémoslo, enconémosla enconémonos enconémoos enconémoslos, enconémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enconad dative enconadme not used enconadle enconadnos enconaos enconadles
accusative enconadme not used enconadlo, enconadla enconadnos enconaos enconadlos, enconadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enconen dative encónenme not used encónenle encónennos not used encónenles, encónense
accusative encónenme not used encónenlo, encónenla encónennos not used encónenlos, encónenlas, encónense

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