fascinar
Spanish, verb/fasθiˈnaɾ/
fascinar is spelled F-A-S-C-I-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 99,300th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fascinar is a Spanish verb meaning “to fascinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Controlar y provocar una atracción irresistible con la mirada”.
What does fascinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fascinate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Controlar y provocar una atracción irresistible con la mirada. 2. Producir un efecto de encantamiento o encandilamiento, un influjo irresistible.
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 fascinar
- fascino first-person present singular
- fasciné first-person preterite singular
- fascinado participle past
- fascinando gerund
- fascinada feminine participle past
- fascinados masculine participle past
- fascinadas feminine participle past
- fascinas indicative informal present
- fascinás indicative informal present
- fascina indicative present singular
- fascinamos first-person indicative plural
- fascináis indicative plural present
- fascinan indicative plural present
- fascinaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fascinabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fascinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fascinabais imperfect indicative plural
- fascinaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fascinar?
- /fasθiˈnaɾ/
- [fas.θiˈnaɾ]
- /fasiˈnaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fascinar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fascinar in Spanish?
fascinar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).