Etymology
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Probably from Italian investire (“to undertake”), which would make it a doublet of investir.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /embesˈtiɾ/ [ẽm.besˈt̪iɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: em‧bes‧tir
embestir (first-person singular present embisto, first-person singular preterite embestí, past participle embestido)
- (bullfighting) to charge
- to attack, especially to ram (up against)
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of embestir (e-i alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive embestir
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dative
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embestirme
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embestirte
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embestirle, embestirse
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embestirnos
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embestiros
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embestirles, embestirse
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accusative
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embestirme
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embestirte
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embestirlo, embestirla, embestirse
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embestirnos
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embestiros
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embestirlos, embestirlas, embestirse
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with gerund embistiendo
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dative
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embistiéndome
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embistiéndote
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embistiéndole, embistiéndose
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embistiéndonos
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embistiéndoos
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embistiéndoles, embistiéndose
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accusative
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embistiéndome
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embistiéndote
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embistiéndolo, embistiéndola, embistiéndose
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embistiéndonos
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embistiéndoos
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embistiéndolos, embistiéndolas, embistiéndose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative embiste
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dative
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embísteme
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embístete
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embístele
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embístenos
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not used
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embísteles
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accusative
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embísteme
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embístete
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embístelo, embístela
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embístenos
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not used
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embístelos, embístelas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative embestí
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dative
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embestime
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embestite
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embestile
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embestinos
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not used
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embestiles
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accusative
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embestime
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embestite
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embestilo, embestila
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embestinos
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not used
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embestilos, embestilas
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with formal second-person singular imperative embista
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dative
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embístame
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not used
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embístale, embístase
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embístanos
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not used
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embístales
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accusative
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embístame
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not used
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embístalo, embístala, embístase
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embístanos
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not used
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embístalos, embístalas
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with first-person plural imperative embistamos
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dative
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not used
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embistámoste
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embistámosle
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embistámonos
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embistámoos
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embistámosles
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accusative
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not used
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embistámoste
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embistámoslo, embistámosla
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embistámonos
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embistámoos
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embistámoslos, embistámoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative embestid
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dative
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embestidme
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not used
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embestidle
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embestidnos
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embestíos
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embestidles
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accusative
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embestidme
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not used
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embestidlo, embestidla
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embestidnos
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embestíos
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embestidlos, embestidlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative embistan
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dative
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embístanme
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not used
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embístanle
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embístannos
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not used
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embístanles, embístanse
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accusative
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embístanme
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not used
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embístanlo, embístanla
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embístannos
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not used
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embístanlos, embístanlas, embístanse
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Derived terms
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