encarnar

v.

1 to embody (ideal, doctrina).

2 to become flesh (religion).

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encarnar

► verbo intransitivo

1 RELIGIÓN to become incarnate

2 MEDICINA to heal

► verbo transitivo

1 figurado (personificar) to embody, personify

2 TEATRO figurado to play

3 (en anzuelo) to bait

4 (dar color carne) to give flesh colour (US color) to

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verb

to embody

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1. VT

1) (=personificar) to personify; (Teat) [+ papel] to play, bring to life

Iago encarna el odio — Iago is hatred personified

2) [+ anzuelo] to bait

2. VI

1) (Rel) to become incarnate

2) (Med) to heal, heal up

3) [arma] to enter the flesh, penetrate the body

3.

See:

encarnarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) actor <personaje> to play

b) <cualidad/sentimiento> to embody

encarna la ambición desmedida — he is the embodiment of boundless ambition

2.

encarnarse v pron

a) (Relig) to become incarnate

b) uña to become ingrown

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= embody, incarnate.

Ex. In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.

Ex. For them, it incarnated modernity and materialism, civilization rather than culture, materialism rather than spiritualism.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) actor <personaje> to play

b) <cualidad/sentimiento> to embody

encarna la ambición desmedida — he is the embodiment of boundless ambition

2.

encarnarse v pron

a) (Relig) to become incarnate

b) uña to become ingrown

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= embody, incarnate.

Ex: In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.

Ex: For them, it incarnated modernity and materialism, civilization rather than culture, materialism rather than spiritualism.

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encarnar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 «actor» ‹personaje› to play

2 ‹cualidad/sentimiento› to embody

encarna la ambición desmedida he is the embodiment of o he embodies boundless ambition

B ‹jauría› to blood

■ encarnarse

v pron

1 (Relig) to become incarnate

Dios se encarnó en Jesucristo God became incarnate in Jesus Christ, God became flesh in Jesus Christ

2 «uña» to become ingrown

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encarnar verbo transitivo
1 to personify, embody: su gesto encarna la pasión del flamenco, his movements embody all the passion of Flamenco
2 Cin Teat to play: encarna el papel de Don Quijote, he plays the part of Don Quixote
'encarnar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
personificar
- caracterizar
English:
embody
- personify

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encarnar

♦ vt

1. [ideal, doctrina, cualidad] to represent, to embody;

una organización que encarna el fanatismo religioso an organization which is the very embodiment of religious fanaticism;

el búho encarna la prudencia y la sabiduría the owl represents wisdom and knowledge

2. [personaje, papel] to play

♦ See also the pronominal verb encarnarse

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encarnar

I v/t

1 cualidad etc embody

2 TEA play

II v/i de herida heal up

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encarnar vt

: to incarnate, to embody

♦ See also the reflexive verb encarnarse