emboscar
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [əm.busˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əm.bosˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [em.bosˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb edit
emboscar (first-person singular present embosco, first-person singular preterite embosquí, past participle emboscat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to ambush
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of emboscar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “emboscar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “emboscar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “emboscar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “emboscar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin imboscāre, from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bosˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.bosˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bosˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.bosˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bosˈka(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bosˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.boʃˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.boʃˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bosˈka(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bosˈka(ɻ)/
Verb edit
emboscar (first-person singular present embosco, first-person singular preterite embosquei, past participle emboscado)
- to ambush (to lie in wait for, or to attack)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of emboscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
emboscar (first-person singular present embosco, first-person singular preterite embosqué, past participle emboscado)
- (transitive) to ambush
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of emboscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of emboscar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “emboscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014