# fascinar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fascināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fə.siˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fa.siˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

fascinar (first-person singular present fascino, first-person singular preterite fasciní, past participle fascinat)
* to fascinate

#### Related terms

* fascinació
* fascinador
* fascinant

### Further reading

* “fascinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “fascinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “fascinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “fascinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

fascinar (first-person singular present fascino, first-person singular preterite fascinei, past participle fascinado)
* to fascinate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* fascinación
* fascinador
* fascinante

### Further reading

* “fascinar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “fascinar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

fascinar
* to fascinate

#### Related terms

* fascinacion

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 319.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fascināre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fa.siˈna(ʁ)/ [fa.siˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fa.siˈna(ʁ)/ [fa.siˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fa.siˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fa.siˈna(ʁ)/ [fa.siˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fa.siˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /fɐʃ.siˈnaɾ/, /fɐ.ʃiˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /fɐʃ.siˈnaɾ/, /fɐ.ʃiˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /fɐʃ.siˈna.ɾi/, /fɐ.ʃiˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: fas‧ci‧nar

### Verb

fascinar (first-person singular present fascino, first-person singular preterite fascinei, past participle fascinado)
* to fascinate (evoke interest or attraction)
    Synonym: encantar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* fascinação
* fascínio

### Further reading

* “fascinar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “fascinar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “fascinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fascināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /fasθiˈnaɾ/ [fas.θiˈnaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /fasiˈnaɾ/ [fa.siˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: fas‧ci‧nar

### Verb

fascinar (first-person singular present fascino, first-person singular preterite fasciné, past participle fascinado)
* to fascinate
    Synonym: embobar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* fascinación
* fascinante

#### Further reading

* “fascinar”, 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