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incantato

enchanted

adjective een-kahn-TAH-toh Rare

Also means

spellbound

Usage Note

Incantato agrees in gender and number: incantata, incantati, incantate. It can describe a fairy-tale setting (un bosco incantato — an enchanted forest) or a person transfixed by wonder. The idiom restare incantato means to stand there spellbound, often implying distraction.

Examples

"Il bambino restò incantato davanti alla vetrina."

Natural Translation

The child stood spellbound in front of the shop window.

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