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encantar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beguile verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
  • charm noun A quality that makes someone likeable, attractive, or persuasive.
  • delight noun A feeling of great pleasure or joy.
  • enchant verb To delight or charm someone completely.
  • entrance noun A doorway, gate, or opening through which one enters a place.

Senses

encantar is used for these senses in English:

  • beguile (transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
  • charm To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
  • charm (transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.
  • delight To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
  • entrance (transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.

beguile — full definition

  1. verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
  2. verb To charm, delight or captivate.
  3. verb To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.

charm — full definition

  1. noun A quality that makes someone likeable, attractive, or persuasive.
  2. noun An object or spoken words believed to bring good luck or magical protection.
  3. noun A small decorative trinket hung on a bracelet or necklace.
  4. verb To attract, delight, or persuade someone through pleasing qualities.
  5. verb To influence or protect someone or something through magic.

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