encariñar
Spanish, verb/enkaɾiˈɲaɾ/
encariñar is spelled E-N-C-A-R-I-Ñ-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish, the 220,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encariñar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cause to grow fond of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Despertar el cariño en alguien”.
What does encariñar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause to grow fond of
- 2
to get attached to, to grow fond of, to become fond of (usually accompanied by con)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Despertar el cariño en alguien.
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 encariñar
- encariño first-person present singular
- encariñé first-person preterite singular
- encariñado participle past
- encariñando gerund
- encariñada feminine participle past
- encariñados masculine participle past
- encariñadas feminine participle past
- encariñas indicative informal present
- encariñás indicative informal present
- encariña indicative present singular
- encariñamos first-person indicative plural
- encariñáis indicative plural present
- encariñan indicative plural present
- encariñaba first-person imperfect indicative
- encariñabas imperfect indicative second-person
- encariñábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- encariñabais imperfect indicative plural
- encariñaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encariñar?
- /enkaɾiˈɲaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.ka.ɾiˈɲaɾ]
- [ẽŋkaɾiˈɲaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encariñar in Spanish?
encariñar appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).