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enconar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin inquināre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /enkoˈnaɾ/ [ẽŋ.koˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧co‧nar

Verb

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enconar (first-person singular present encono, first-person singular preterite enconé, past participle enconado)

  1. (transitive) to inflame, anger
  2. (transitive, medicine) to cause to become inflamed
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 302:
      Para que las heridas no se enconen y cicatricen luego, es bueno hacerlas lamer por un perro, porque la lenga de este animal es curativa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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