embarazar
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish embaraçar, from Portuguese embaraçar (literally “to tangle, to snarl”), from baraço (“twine, tether, noose”), from Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa, “rope”). See the Portuguese entry for more. The source of French embarrasser, whence English embarrass.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /embaɾaˈθaɾ/ [ẽm.ba.ɾaˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /embaɾaˈsaɾ/ [ẽm.ba.ɾaˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧ba‧ra‧zar
Verb
editembarazar (first-person singular present embarazo, first-person singular preterite embaracé, past participle embarazado)
- (transitive) to impregnate, make pregnant
- Synonym: preñar
- Javier ha embarazado a María
- Javier has impregnated María.
- (reflexive) to become pregnant
- Synonym: concebir
- (transitive) to incommode, annoy
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of embarazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos |
tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 |
tú||||||
imperfect (ra) |
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imperfect (se) |
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future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | vos |
tú||||||
negative | no embaraces | no embarace | no embaracemos | no embaracéis | no embaracen |
Selected combined forms of embarazar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with gerund | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with informal second-person singular tú imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with informal second-person singular vos imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with formal second-person singular imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | , | not used | ||||
accusative | not used | , , | not used | , | |||
with first-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with informal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with formal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | not used | , | ||||
accusative | not used | , | not used | , , |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “embarazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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