Forgetting Gender

If you are male, say 'Encantado.' If you are female, say 'Encantada.' It must match your own gender.

Gender Agreement in Greetings

In quick, friendly introductions, you often just say '¡Encantado!' as a complete, standalone response.

Keep it Short

Extremely common. Used as a polite and essential greeting when meeting someone for the first time.

Use 'estar' (e.g., 'estoy encantado') to talk about a current feeling or temporary state of happiness. Use 'ser' (e.g., 'es un lugar encantado') to describe a permanent quality, like being magical.

Used with 'Estar' or 'Ser'

Commonly used to describe a place, object, or feeling of intense happiness or magic.

Participle Gender

To show an action completed in the past, 'encantado' is combined with a form of the verb 'haber' (to have), such as 'he encantado' (I have enchanted) or 'había encantado' (I had enchanted).

Forming Perfect Tenses

The past participle form of the verb 'encantar' (to enchant/to delight). Used to form perfect tenses with the helper verb 'haber'.

Learn the three main uses of 'encantado': the essential A1 greeting ('Pleased to meet you'), the adjective meaning 'delighted' or 'enchanted,' and its role as the past participle of the verb 'encantar.'

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Complete Conjugation Tables

🔄 Conjugations

indicative

present

future

imperfect

conditional

preterite

imperative

negative

affirmative

subjunctive

present

imperfect

Practice Conjugations