encentar

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ encetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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