Portuguese
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Etymology
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Borrowed from Spanish embaucar.
Pronunciation
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- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bawˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baʊ̯ˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bawˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baʊ̯ˈka(h)]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bawˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baʊ̯ˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bawˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baʊ̯ˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bawˈka(ɾ)/ [ẽ.baʊ̯ˈka(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bawˈka(ɾ)/ [ĩ.baʊ̯ˈka(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bawˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baʊ̯ˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bawˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baʊ̯ˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bawˈka(ɻ)/ [ẽ.baʊ̯ˈka(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bawˈka(ɻ)/ [ĩ.baʊ̯ˈka(ɻ)]
embaucar (first-person singular present embaúco, first-person singular preterite embauquei, past participle embaucado)
- (transitive) to trick, to deceive
- (transitive) to lure, to entice with guile
Conjugation
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1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /embauˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.bau̯ˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧bau‧car
embaucar (first-person singular present embauco, first-person singular preterite embauqué, past participle embaucado)
- to hoodwink, pull a fast one
- to trick
- Synonyms: engañar, timar, embustir
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 embaucar (c-qu alternation)
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 embaucar
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dative
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embaucarme
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embaucarte
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embaucarle, embaucarse
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embaucarnos
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embaucaros
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embaucarles, embaucarse
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accusative
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embaucarme
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embaucarte
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embaucarlo, embaucarla, embaucarse
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embaucarnos
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embaucaros
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embaucarlos, embaucarlas, embaucarse
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with gerund embaucando
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dative
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embaucándome
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embaucándote
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embaucándole, embaucándose
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embaucándonos
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embaucándoos
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embaucándoles, embaucándose
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accusative
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embaucándome
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embaucándote
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embaucándolo, embaucándola, embaucándose
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embaucándonos
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embaucándoos
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embaucándolos, embaucándolas, embaucándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative embauca
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dative
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embáucame
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embáucate
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embáucale
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embáucanos
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not used
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embáucales
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accusative
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embáucame
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embáucate
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embáucalo, embáucala
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embáucanos
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not used
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embáucalos, embáucalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative embaucá
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dative
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embaucame
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embaucate
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embaucale
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embaucanos
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not used
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embaucales
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accusative
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embaucame
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embaucate
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embaucalo, embaucala
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embaucanos
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not used
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embaucalos, embaucalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative embauque
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dative
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embáuqueme
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not used
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embáuquele, embáuquese
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embáuquenos
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not used
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embáuqueles
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accusative
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embáuqueme
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not used
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embáuquelo, embáuquela, embáuquese
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embáuquenos
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not used
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embáuquelos, embáuquelas
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with first-person plural imperative embauquemos
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dative
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not used
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embauquémoste
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embauquémosle
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embauquémonos
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embauquémoos
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embauquémosles
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accusative
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not used
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embauquémoste
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embauquémoslo, embauquémosla
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embauquémonos
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embauquémoos
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embauquémoslos, embauquémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative embaucad
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dative
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embaucadme
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not used
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embaucadle
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embaucadnos
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embaucaos
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embaucadles
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accusative
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embaucadme
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not used
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embaucadlo, embaucadla
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embaucadnos
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embaucaos
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embaucadlos, embaucadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative embauquen
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dative
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embáuquenme
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not used
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embáuquenle
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embáuquennos
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not used
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embáuquenles, embáuquense
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accusative
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embáuquenme
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not used
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embáuquenlo, embáuquenla
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embáuquennos
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not used
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embáuquenlos, embáuquenlas, embáuquense
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