embolicar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ bolic (“bundle”) +‎ -ar. First attested in 1490.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əm.bu.liˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əm.bo.liˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [em.bo.liˈkaɾ]

Verb

embolicar (first-person singular present embolico, first-person singular preterite emboliquí, past participle embolicat)

1. (transitive) to wrap, wrap up, swaddle, swathe
2. (transitive, reflexive) to entangle, entwine
3. (transitive, figurative) to entangle, to embroil
4. (reflexive) to tell lies, talk nonsense

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embolicar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			embolicar
gerund			embolicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		embolicat		embolicada
		plural		embolicats		embolicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	embolico	emboliques	embolica	emboliquem	emboliqueu	emboliquen
	imperfect	embolicava	embolicaves	embolicava	embolicàvem	embolicàveu	embolicaven
	future	embolicaré	embolicaràs	embolicarà	embolicarem	embolicareu	embolicaran
	preterite	emboliquí	embolicares	embolicà	embolicàrem	embolicàreu	embolicaren
	conditional	embolicaria	embolicaries	embolicaria	embolicaríem	embolicaríeu	embolicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	emboliqui	emboliquis	emboliqui	emboliquem	emboliqueu	emboliquin
	imperfect	emboliqués	emboliquessis	emboliqués	emboliquéssim	emboliquéssiu	emboliquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	embolica	emboliqui	emboliquem	emboliqueu	emboliquin
	negative (no)	—	no emboliquis	no emboliqui	no emboliquem	no emboliqueu	no emboliquin

Synonyms

• (wrap up): embolcar
• (entangle): embullar
• (embroil): embrollar
• (tell lies): empatollar-se

Derived terms

• desembolicar
• embolic
• embolicador
• embolicaire
• embolicament

 

Further reading

• “embolicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “embolicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “embolicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.