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Pronunciation edit

 
  • (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)/
 

  • Hyphenation: em‧bo‧tar

Verb edit

embotar (first-person singular present emboto, first-person singular preterite embotei, past participle embotado)

  1. to blunt
    1. (transitive) to make blunt
      Synonyms: cegar, desafiar
    2. (intransitive) to become blunt
    3. (transitive, figurative) to repress or weaken

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Etymology edit

From en- +‎ boto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /emboˈtaɾ/ [ẽm.boˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧bo‧tar

Verb edit

embotar (first-person singular present emboto, first-person singular preterite emboté, past participle embotado)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to blunt

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