encandilar
Spanish, verb/enkandiˈlaɾ/
encandilar is spelled E-N-C-A-N-D-I-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 130,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encandilar is a Spanish verb meaning “to dazzle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deslumbrar acercando mucho a los ojos el candil o vela, o presentando de golpe a la vista una cantidad…”.
What does encandilar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dazzle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Deslumbrar acercando mucho a los ojos el candil o vela, o presentando de golpe a la vista una cantidad excesiva de luz. 2. Alucinar, causar asombro y admiración, usualmente con apariencias o falsas razones. 3. Encender, avivar los ojos. 4. Avivar la lumbre.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of encandilar
- encandilo first-person present singular
- encandilé first-person preterite singular
- encandilado participle past
- encandilando gerund
- encandilada feminine participle past
- encandilados masculine participle past
- encandiladas feminine participle past
- encandilas indicative informal present
- encandilás indicative informal present
- encandila indicative present singular
- encandilamos first-person indicative plural
- encandiláis indicative plural present
- encandilan indicative plural present
- encandilaba first-person imperfect indicative
- encandilabas imperfect indicative second-person
- encandilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- encandilabais imperfect indicative plural
- encandilaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encandilar?
- /enkandiˈlaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.kãn̪.d̪iˈlaɾ]
- [ẽŋkãn̪d̪iˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encandilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encandilar in Spanish?
encandilar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).