Since avatar works well in both English and Spainish is there a time you would use encarnación?

Question

I was looking at a flashcard set where someone used avatar and of course both sides said avatar (that shouldn't be too hard to learn, should it!) Out of curiosity I looked up avatar for a definition and got encarnación. Is the anywhere that encarnación would be used in place of 'avatar'?

Answer 1

Well it is not even in my (usually) excellent dictionary. I think this is a word that will probably be in all the new editions. Encarnation of course has a biblical meaning but maybe it will be reborn as a the word for avatar. Very interesting.

I especially like your play on words ... reborn? - LateToDinner, JUL 15, 2010

Which word is not in yours? ! - LateToDinner, JUL 15, 2010

Thanks Late, the word 'avatar' and I thought my dic. was infallible (hmm) - margaretbl, JUL 15, 2010