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excitar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arouse verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
  • attract verb To pull something toward oneself, especially by a physical or magnetic force.
  • heat noun The energy or sensation of high temperature; warmth.
  • juice noun The natural liquid found in fruit, vegetables, or meat, or a drink made from it.
  • thrill verb To give someone a sudden rush of excitement or pleasure.
  • wind-up noun An act of teasing someone by telling them something untrue to see how they react, or the false story itself.

Senses

excitar is used for these senses in English:

  • arouse (transitive) To sexually stimulate.
  • attract (transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
  • heat (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
  • juice (transitive) To energize or stimulate something.
  • thrill (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
  • wind up (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To excite.
  • wind up (intransitive, copulative) To end up; to arrive or result.

arouse — full definition

  1. verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
  2. verb To sexually excite someone.
  3. verb To wake someone from sleep.

attract — full definition

  1. verb To pull something toward oneself, especially by a physical or magnetic force.
  2. verb To draw interest, attention, or liking from someone.

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