fascinante

What does “fascinante” mean in English?

1. fascinating — gender-invariable adjective

   fascinating — gender-invariable adjective (fascinante/fascinantes); used with ser for inherent quality; related verb: fascinar (gustar-type: me fascina = I find it fascinating)

Example sentences

• La exposición sobre el antiguo Egipto era absolutamente fascinante: aprendí cosas que no imaginaba y salí con ganas de leer más sobre el tema.

  The exhibition about ancient Egypt was absolutely fascinating: I learned things I hadn't imagined and left wanting to read more about the topic.

• Me fascina la arquitectura modernista porque es capaz de mezclar funcionalidad y belleza de una manera que pocas corrientes artísticas consiguen.

  I find modernist architecture fascinating because it can mix functionality and beauty in a way that few artistic movements manage to achieve.

• Lo que más me fascina de la fotografía callejera es que captura momentos únicos que nunca se podrán repetir exactamente igual.

  What fascinates me most about street photography is that it captures unique moments that can never be repeated in exactly the same way.

How to use it

Fascinante is an adjective — a near-cognate of English 'fascinating'. It agrees in number (fascinantes) but not in gender (it ends in -e and is invariable for masculine/feminine). It is always used with ser (not estar) to describe an inherent quality: la exposición es fascinante, el concierto fue fascinante. The related verb is fascinar, a gustar-type verb: me fascina el arte contemporáneo (I find contemporary art fascinating / contemporary art fascinates me). The subject is the thing that fascinates, and the experiencer takes an indirect object pronoun.