Portuguese
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Pronunciation
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- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.boˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.boˈta(h)]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.boˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.boˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.boˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.boˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boˈta(ɻ)/
embotar (first-person singular present emboto, first-person singular preterite embotei, past participle embotado)
- to blunt
- (transitive) to make blunt
- Synonyms: cegar, desafiar
- (intransitive) to become blunt
- (transitive, figurative) to repress or weaken
Conjugation
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1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Etymology
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From en- + boto + -ar.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /emboˈtaɾ/ [ẽm.boˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧bo‧tar
embotar (first-person singular present emboto, first-person singular preterite emboté, past participle embotado)
- (transitive, reflexive) to blunt
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 embotar
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 embotar
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dative
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embotarme
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embotarte
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embotarle, embotarse
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embotarnos
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embotaros
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embotarles, embotarse
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accusative
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embotarme
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embotarte
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embotarlo, embotarla, embotarse
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embotarnos
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embotaros
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embotarlos, embotarlas, embotarse
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with gerund embotando
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dative
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embotándome
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embotándote
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embotándole, embotándose
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embotándonos
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embotándoos
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embotándoles, embotándose
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accusative
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embotándome
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embotándote
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embotándolo, embotándola, embotándose
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embotándonos
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embotándoos
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embotándolos, embotándolas, embotándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative embota
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dative
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embótame
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embótate
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embótale
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embótanos
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not used
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embótales
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accusative
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embótame
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embótate
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embótalo, embótala
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embótanos
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not used
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embótalos, embótalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative embotá
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dative
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embotame
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embotate
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embotale
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embotanos
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not used
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embotales
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accusative
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embotame
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embotate
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embotalo, embotala
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embotanos
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not used
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embotalos, embotalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative embote
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dative
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embóteme
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not used
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embótele, embótese
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embótenos
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not used
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embóteles
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accusative
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embóteme
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not used
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embótelo, embótela, embótese
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embótenos
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not used
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embótelos, embótelas
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with first-person plural imperative embotemos
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dative
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not used
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embotémoste
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embotémosle
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embotémonos
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embotémoos
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embotémosles
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accusative
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not used
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embotémoste
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embotémoslo, embotémosla
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embotémonos
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embotémoos
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embotémoslos, embotémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative embotad
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dative
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embotadme
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not used
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embotadle
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embotadnos
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embotaos
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embotadles
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accusative
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embotadme
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not used
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embotadlo, embotadla
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embotadnos
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embotaos
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embotadlos, embotadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative emboten
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dative
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embótenme
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not used
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embótenle
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embótennos
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not used
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embótenles, embótense
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accusative
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embótenme
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not used
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embótenlo, embótenla
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embótennos
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not used
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embótenlos, embótenlas, embótense
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Derived terms
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Further reading
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