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fascinante

fascinating

adjective fahs-see-NAHN-teh Rare

Usage Note

Fascinante does not inflect for gender (un libro fascinante, una historia fascinante). It is stronger than interesante and closer to 'riveting' or 'enthralling'. The verb is fascinar, which like gustar takes an indirect object: me fascina ('I find it fascinating').

Examples

"El documental fue absolutamente fascinante."

Natural Translation

The documentary was absolutely fascinating.

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