descânta

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descânta

/des.kɨnˈta/

Where it comes from

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.

verb a descânta 1st conjugation · descântă · descântat · descânte · a descânta · descântând

to charm away or heal with magic words, such as an illness, or to undo or remove a spell
to cast a spell over, bewitch
to scold, rebuke, reprimand
to seduce with words
slang, of men to have sexual contact with a woman

Similar: fermeca, vrăji

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verb

Similar: fermeca, vrăji

In English

charm use a magical charm

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"descânta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/desc%C3%A2nta.

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@misc{desca_nta_2026,
  title = {descânta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/desc%C3%A2nta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}