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encantado

Spanish, adjective/enkanˈtado/

encantado is spelled E-N-C-A-N-T-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encantado is a Spanish adjective meaning “enchanted, charmed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of encantar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Distraído o embobado”.

What does encantado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    enchanted, charmed

  2. 2

    pleased, delighted

    Encantado de conocerle. (leísmo)

  3. 3

    thrilled, overjoyed

  4. 4

    bewitched, haunted

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of encantar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Distraído o embobado. 2. Hablando de un palacio, casa o edificio, muy grande y que habitan pocos. 3. Que está bajo el efecto de un hechizo o encantamiento.

verb: 1. Participio de encantar.

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 encantado

  • encantada feminine
  • encantados masculine plural
  • encantadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce encantado?

  • /enkanˈtado/
  • [ẽŋ.kãn̪ˈt̪a.ð̞o]
  • [ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to encantado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is encantado in Spanish?

encantado appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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