encentar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /enθenˈtaɾ/ [ẽn̟.θẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ensenˈtaɾ/ [ẽn.sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧cen‧tar

Verb

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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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ encetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Further reading

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