fascinar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fascināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fə.siˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [fa.siˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

fascinar (first-person singular present fascino, first-person singular preterite fasciní, past participle fascinat)

1. to fascinate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fascinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			fascinar
gerund			fascinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fascinat		fascinada
		plural		fascinats		fascinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fascino	fascines	fascina	fascinem	fascineu	fascinen
	imperfect	fascinava	fascinaves	fascinava	fascinàvem	fascinàveu	fascinaven
	future	fascinaré	fascinaràs	fascinarà	fascinarem	fascinareu	fascinaran
	preterite	fasciní	fascinares	fascinà	fascinàrem	fascinàreu	fascinaren
	conditional	fascinaria	fascinaries	fascinaria	fascinaríem	fascinaríeu	fascinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fascini	fascinis	fascini	fascinem	fascineu	fascinin
	imperfect	fascinés	fascinessis	fascinés	fascinéssim	fascinéssiu	fascinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fascina	fascini	fascinem	fascineu	fascinin
	negative (no)	—	no fascinis	no fascini	no fascinem	no fascineu	no fascinin

Related terms

• fascinació
• fascinador
• fascinant

 

Further reading

• “fascinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fascināre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.siˈna(ʁ)/ [fa.siˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.siˈna(ʁ)/ [fa.siˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fa.siˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fa.siˈna(ʁ)/ [fa.siˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.siˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /fɐʃ.siˈnaɾ/, /fɐ.siˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /fɐʃ.siˈnaɾ/, /fɐ.siˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /fɐʃ.siˈna.ɾi/, /fɐ.siˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fas‧ci‧nar

Verb

fascinar (first-person singular present fascino, first-person singular preterite fascinei, past participle fascinado)

1. to fascinate (evoke interest or attraction)

   Synonym: encantar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fascinar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fascinar
Personal	fascinar	fascinares	fascinar	fascinarmos	fascinardes	fascinarem
Gerund
	fascinando
Past participle
Masculine	fascinado			fascinados
Feminine	fascinada			fascinadas
Indicative
Present	fascino	fascinas	fascina	fascinamos	fascinais	fascinam
Imperfect	fascinava	fascinavas	fascinava	fascinávamos	fascináveis	fascinavam
Preterite	fascinei	fascinaste	fascinou	fascinamos1, fascinámos2	fascinastes	fascinaram
Pluperfect	fascinara	fascinaras	fascinara	fascináramos	fascináreis	fascinaram
Future	fascinarei	fascinarás	fascinará	fascinaremos	fascinareis	fascinarão
Conditional	fascinaria	fascinarias	fascinaria	fascinaríamos	fascinaríeis	fascinariam
Subjunctive
Present	fascine	fascines	fascine	fascinemos	fascineis	fascinem
Imperfect	fascinasse	fascinasses	fascinasse	fascinássemos	fascinásseis	fascinassem
Future	fascinar	fascinares	fascinar	fascinarmos	fascinardes	fascinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		fascina	fascine	fascinemos	fascinai	fascinem
Negative (não)		não fascines	não fascine	não fascinemos	não fascineis	não fascinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fascināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /fasθiˈnaɾ/ [fas.θiˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /fasiˈnaɾ/ [fa.siˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fas‧ci‧nar

Verb

fascinar (first-person singular present fascino, first-person singular preterite fasciné, past participle fascinado)

1. to fascinate

   Synonym: embobar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fascinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fascinar
gerund			fascinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fascinado		fascinada
		plural		fascinados		fascinadas
		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	fascino	fascinastú fascinásvos	fascina	fascinamos	fascináis	fascinan
	imperfect	fascinaba	fascinabas	fascinaba	fascinábamos	fascinabais	fascinaban
	preterite	fasciné	fascinaste	fascinó	fascinamos	fascinasteis	fascinaron
	future	fascinaré	fascinarás	fascinará	fascinaremos	fascinaréis	fascinarán
	conditional	fascinaría	fascinarías	fascinaría	fascinaríamos	fascinaríais	fascinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fascine	fascinestú fascinésvos2	fascine	fascinemos	fascinéis	fascinen
	imperfect (ra)	fascinara	fascinaras	fascinara	fascináramos	fascinarais	fascinaran
	imperfect (se)	fascinase	fascinases	fascinase	fascinásemos	fascinaseis	fascinasen
	future1	fascinare	fascinares	fascinare	fascináremos	fascinareis	fascinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fascinatú fascinávos	fascine	fascinemos	fascinad	fascinen
	negative		no fascines	no fascine	no fascinemos	no fascinéis	no fascinen

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

    Selected combined forms of fascinar

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 fascinar
	dative	fascinarme	fascinarte	fascinarle, fascinarse	fascinarnos	fascinaros	fascinarles, fascinarse
	accusative	fascinarme	fascinarte	fascinarlo, fascinarla, fascinarse	fascinarnos	fascinaros	fascinarlos, fascinarlas, fascinarse
with gerund fascinando
	dative	fascinándome	fascinándote	fascinándole, fascinándose	fascinándonos	fascinándoos	fascinándoles, fascinándose
	accusative	fascinándome	fascinándote	fascinándolo, fascinándola, fascinándose	fascinándonos	fascinándoos	fascinándolos, fascinándolas, fascinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fascina
	dative	fascíname	fascínate	fascínale	fascínanos	not used	fascínales
	accusative	fascíname	fascínate	fascínalo, fascínala	fascínanos	not used	fascínalos, fascínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fasciná
	dative	fasciname	fascinate	fascinale	fascinanos	not used	fascinales
	accusative	fasciname	fascinate	fascinalo, fascinala	fascinanos	not used	fascinalos, fascinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative fascine
	dative	fascíneme	not used	fascínele, fascínese	fascínenos	not used	fascíneles
	accusative	fascíneme	not used	fascínelo, fascínela, fascínese	fascínenos	not used	fascínelos, fascínelas
with first-person plural imperative fascinemos
	dative	not used	fascinémoste	fascinémosle	fascinémonos	fascinémoos	fascinémosles
	accusative	not used	fascinémoste	fascinémoslo, fascinémosla	fascinémonos	fascinémoos	fascinémoslos, fascinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fascinad
	dative	fascinadme	not used	fascinadle	fascinadnos	fascinaos	fascinadles
	accusative	fascinadme	not used	fascinadlo, fascinadla	fascinadnos	fascinaos	fascinadlos, fascinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fascinen
	dative	fascínenme	not used	fascínenle	fascínennos	not used	fascínenles, fascínense
	accusative	fascínenme	not used	fascínenlo, fascínenla	fascínennos	not used	fascínenlos, fascínenlas, fascínense

Related terms

• fascinación
• fascinante

 

Further reading

• “fascinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014