emocionar

Verb

emocionar (first-person singular indicative present emociono, past participle emocionáu)

1. (transitive) to move (to arouse the feelings or passions of)

Verb

emocionar (first-person singular present emociono, first-person singular preterite emocioní, past participle emocionat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to move; to touch (emotionally)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e‧mo‧ci‧o‧nar

Verb

emocionar (first-person singular present emociono, first-person singular preterite emocionei, past participle emocionado)

1. to thrill (to give someone great pleasure)
2. to move (to arouse the feelings or passions of)

   Synonym: comover

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /emoθjoˈnaɾ/ [e.mo.θjoˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /emosjoˈnaɾ/ [e.mo.sjoˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧mo‧cio‧nar

Verb

emocionar (first-person singular present emociono, first-person singular preterite emocioné, past participle emocionado)

1. to thrill, to excite
2. to touch or move (emotionally)

   Synonym: conmover

3. (reflexive) to get excited
4. (reflexive) to be thrilled, to be moved, to be touched
   • 2024 June 24, José Carlos Rojo, “«Nos dijeron que sabían que los íbamos a encontrar»”, in El Diario Montañés, page 4:

     Cuentan que Paloma se emocionó al ver sus rescatadores.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “emocionar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10