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Pronunciation / Transliteration: cativante
"A história dela é extremamente cativante."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Capable of attracting and holding interest; charming.
"She gave a captivating performance that mesmerized the entire audience."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Late Latin captivatus, past participle of captivare 'to take captive', from Latin captivus 'captive'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "captivating" is said worldwide
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captivant
Transliteration: captivant
"Elle avait un sourire captivant."
fesselnd
Transliteration: fesselnd
"Das Buch hat eine fesselnde Handlung."
affascinante
Transliteration: affascinante
"Il paesaggio era assolutamente affascinante."
cautivador
Transliteration: cautivador
"Tiene una voz cautivadora."
cativante
Transliteration: cativante
"A história dela é extremamente cativante."
मोहक
Transliteration: mohak
"उसकी मुस्कान बहुत मोहक है।"
迷人的
Transliteration: mírén de
"她的表演十分迷人。"
매혹적인
Transliteration: maehokjeogin
"그녀의 미소는 매혹적이다."
魅惑的な
Transliteration: miwaku tekina
"彼女の笑顔は魅惑的だった。"
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