Borrowed fromEcclesiastical Latin andLate Latinincarnāre, fromLatincarō.
encarnar (first-person singular presentencarno,first-person singular preteriteencarní,past participleencarnat)
- (transitive) toincarnate,embody
- (transitive, figurative) topersonify
- (intransitive) to becomeingrown
- (transitive) toredden
Inherited fromEcclesiastical Latinincarnāre, fromLatincarō(“flesh”).
- (Brazil)IPA(key): (careful pronunciation)/ẽ.kaʁˈna(ʁ)/[ẽ.kaɦˈna(h)],(natural pronunciation)/ĩ.kaʁˈna(ʁ)/[ĩ.kaɦˈna(h)]
- (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)/
encarnar (first-person singular presentencarno,first-person singular preteriteencarnei,past participleencarnado)
- toincarnate(to embody in flesh)
- toincarnate; toembody(to represent in a concrete form)
- Synonym:personificar
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
FromEcclesiastical Latin,Late Latinincarnāre, a verb based onLatincarnem(“flesh”).
- IPA(key): /enkaɾˈnaɾ/[ẽŋ.kaɾˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes:-aɾ
- Syllabification:en‧car‧nar
encarnar (first-person singular presentencarno,first-person singular preteriteencarné,past participleencarnado)
- toembody; toplay
El actorencarnó a Don Juan.- The actorplayed Don Juan.
- toincarnate
- toingrow
- uñaencarnada ―ingrown nail
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms ofencarnar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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| with infinitiveencarnar | dative | encarnarme | encarnarte | encarnarle,encarnarse | encarnarnos | encarnaros | encarnarles,encarnarse |
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| accusative | encarnarme | encarnarte | encarnarlo,encarnarla,encarnarse | encarnarnos | encarnaros | encarnarlos,encarnarlas,encarnarse |
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| with gerundencarnando | dative | encarnándome | encarnándote | encarnándole,encarnándose | encarnándonos | encarnándoos | encarnándoles,encarnándose |
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| accusative | encarnándome | encarnándote | encarnándolo,encarnándola,encarnándose | encarnándonos | encarnándoos | encarnándolos,encarnándolas,encarnándose |
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| with informal second-person singulartú imperativeencarna | dative | encárname | encárnate | encárnale | encárnanos | not used | encárnales |
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| accusative | encárname | encárnate | encárnalo,encárnala | encárnanos | not used | encárnalos,encárnalas |
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| with informal second-person singularvos imperativeencarná | dative | encarname | encarnate | encarnale | encarnanos | not used | encarnales |
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| accusative | encarname | encarnate | encarnalo,encarnala | encarnanos | not used | encarnalos,encarnalas |
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| with formal second-person singular imperativeencarne | dative | encárneme | not used | encárnele,encárnese | encárnenos | not used | encárneles |
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| accusative | encárneme | not used | encárnelo,encárnela,encárnese | encárnenos | not used | encárnelos,encárnelas |
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| with first-person plural imperativeencarnemos | dative | not used | encarnémoste | encarnémosle | encarnémonos | encarnémoos | encarnémosles |
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| accusative | not used | encarnémoste | encarnémoslo,encarnémosla | encarnémonos | encarnémoos | encarnémoslos,encarnémoslas |
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| with informal second-person plural imperativeencarnad | dative | encarnadme | not used | encarnadle | encarnadnos | encarnaos | encarnadles |
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| accusative | encarnadme | not used | encarnadlo,encarnadla | encarnadnos | encarnaos | encarnadlos,encarnadlas |
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| with formal second-person plural imperativeencarnen | dative | encárnenme | not used | encárnenle | encárnennos | not used | encárnenles,encárnense |
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| accusative | encárnenme | not used | encárnenlo,encárnenla | encárnennos | not used | encárnenlos,encárnenlas,encárnense |
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