descânta

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *discantāre, from Latin dis- + cantō. Compare Aromanian discãntu, discãntari, Friulian discjantâ (disenchant, awaken, make wiser), Venetan descantar (wake up, sharpen up); cf. also French déchanter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /des.kɨnˈta/

Verb

a descânta (third-person singular present descântă, past participle descântat) 1st conjugation

  1. to charm away or heal with magic words, such as an illness, or to undo or remove a spell
  2. to cast a spell over, bewitch
  3. to scold, rebuke, reprimand
  4. to seduce with words
  5. (slang, of men) to have sexual contact with a woman

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