infatuate

(ĭn-făch'ū-āt')
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To inspire with unreasoning love or attachment.
2. To cause to behave foolishly.

adj. (-ĭt, -āt')
Infatuated.

[Latin īnfatuāre, īnfatuāt- : in-, causative pref.; see in-² + fatuus, foolish.]

adjective

Affected with intense romantic attraction: enamored, infatuated, smitten. Slang gone. See excite/bore/interest, sex/asexual.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bedåre, forblinde
adj. - bedåret, forblindet, forgabet, forelsket

Nederlands (Dutch)
smoorverliefd maken, verdwazen, verblinden

Français (French)
v. tr. - s'enticher de, s'engouer pour
adj. - entiché, engoué

Deutsch (German)
v. - verzaubern, bezaubern
adj. - verzaubert, betört, vernarrt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεμυαλίζω, αποβλακώνω, ξεμωραίνω, ξετρελαίνω
adj. - ξεμυαλισμένος

Italiano (Italian)
infatuare, infatuato

Português (Portuguese)
v. - apaixonar
adj. - apaixonado

Русский (Russian)
вскружить голову

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - atontar, enamorar locamente, chiflar
adj. - locamente enamorado, infatuado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dåra, bedåra, förblinda
adj. - bedårad, förblindad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使迷恋, 使糊涂, 着迷的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使迷戀, 使糊塗
adj. - 著迷的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 얼빠지게 만들다, 열중하게 하다
adj. - 얼빠진, 열중한, 혹한

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ぼせあがらせる, 思慮を失わせる
n. - 夢中になっている人
adj. - 頭が変になった, のぼせあがっている

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفتن, يتيم (صفه) مفتون, متيم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקסים, השרה התאהבות עזה, בד"כ זמנית‬
adj. - ‮מאוהב/ת עד מעל לראש, מוקסמ/ת‬

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