encapricharse
Spanish, verb/enkapɾiˈt͡ʃaɾse/
encapricharse is spelled E-N-C-A-P-R-I-C-H-A-R-S-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish, the 229,525th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encapricharse is a Spanish verb meaning “to take a liking (to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Empeñarse uno en sostener o conseguir su capricho”.
What does encapricharse mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take a liking (to)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Empeñarse uno en sostener o conseguir su capricho. 2. Tener un capricho por alguna cosa. 3. Enamoriscarse, chonguear.
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 encapricharse
- me encapricho first-person present singular
- me encapriché first-person preterite singular
- encaprichado participle past
- encaprichándose gerund
- encaprichada feminine participle past
- encaprichados masculine participle past
- encaprichadas feminine participle past
- encapricharme first-person infinitive singular
- encapricharte infinitive second-person singular
- encapricharnos first-person infinitive plural
- encapricharos infinitive plural second-person
- encaprichándome first-person gerund singular
- encaprichándote gerund second-person singular
- encaprichándonos first-person gerund plural
- encaprichándoos gerund plural second-person
- te encaprichas indicative informal present
- te encaprichás indicative informal present
- se encapricha indicative present singular
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encapricharse?
- /enkapɾiˈt͡ʃaɾse/
- [ẽŋ.ka.pɾiˈt͡ʃaɾ.se]
- [ẽŋkapɾiˈt͡ʃaɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encapricharse in Spanish?
encapricharse appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).