encarnar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin incarnāre, from Latin carō.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.kərˈna]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.kaɾˈnaɾ]
=== Verb ===
encarnar (first-person singular present encarno, first-person singular preterite encarní, past participle encarnat)
(transitive) to incarnate, embody
(transitive, figurative) to personify
(intransitive) to become ingrown
(transitive) to redden
==== Conjugation ====
==== Synonyms ====
(personify): personificar, caracteritzar
==== Derived terms ====
desencarnar
encarnatiu
==== Related terms ====
==== Further reading ====
“encarnar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
incarnar (misspelling)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnāre, from Latin carō (“flesh”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: en‧car‧nar
=== Verb ===
encarnar (first-person singular present encarno, first-person singular preterite encarnei, past participle encarnado)
to incarnate (to embody in flesh)
to incarnate; to embody (to represent in a concrete form)
Synonym: personificar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“encarnar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“encarnar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin incarnāre, a verb based on Latin carnem (“flesh”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /enkaɾˈnaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kaɾˈnaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: en‧car‧nar
=== Verb ===
encarnar (first-person singular present encarno, first-person singular preterite encarné, past participle encarnado)
to embody; to play
to incarnate
to ingrow
uña encarnada ― ingrown nail
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Further reading ====
“encarnar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025