encender
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin incendere. Cognate with English incense.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /enθenˈdeɾ/ [ẽn̟.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ensenˈdeɾ/ [ẽn.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧cen‧der
Verb
[edit]encender (first-person singular present enciendo, first-person singular preterite encendí, past participle encendido)
- to light, ignite
- Julio encendió la fogata.
- Julio ignited the campfire.
- to turn on, switch on, power up
- María encendió la máquina.
- María turned on the machine.
- (reflexive) to burn, have a burning sensation
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 167:
- Cuando a una persona se le enciende la oreja derecha, es señal de que están hablando bien de ella, y mal cuando se le enciende la izquierda.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of encender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of encender (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “encender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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