encarnar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin incarnāre, from Latin carō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
encarnar (first-person singular present encarno, first-person singular preterite encarní, past participle encarnat)
- (transitive) to incarnate, embody
- (transitive, figurative) to personify
- (intransitive) to become ingrown
- (transitive) to redden
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of encarnar (first conjugation)
Synonyms edit
- (personify): personificar, caracteritzar
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “encarnar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnāre, from Latin carō (“flesh”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaɦˈna(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaɦˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɾˈna(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɾˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaʁˈna(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaʁˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɻˈna(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɻˈna(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧car‧nar
Verb edit
encarnar (first-person singular present encarno, first-person singular preterite encarnei, past participle encarnado)
- to incarnate (to embody in flesh)
- to incarnate; to embody (to represent in a concrete form)
- Synonym: personificar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of encarnar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin incarnāre, a verb based on Latin carnem (“flesh”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
encarnar (first-person singular present encarno, first-person singular preterite encarné, past participle encarnado)
- to embody; to play
- El actor encarnó a Don Juan.
- The actor played Don Juan.
- to incarnate
- to ingrow
- uña encarnada ― ingrown nail
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of encarnar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of encarnar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “encarnar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014