embullar
Catalan
editEtymology
editUncertain, perhaps from Latin involvere,[1] or *imbotulare, from botulus (“sausage”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editembullar (first-person singular present embullo, first-person singular preterite embullí, past participle embullat)
- (transitive) to entangle
- Antonym: desembullar
- (figurative, transitive) to complicate
- Synonym: embrollar
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of embullar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “4540. invŏlvere”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 327
Further reading
edit- “embullar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “embullar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “embullar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom em- + bulla (“rowdiness, racket”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧bu‧llar
Verb
editembullar (first-person singular present embullo, first-person singular preterite embullé, past participle embullado)
- (Colombia) to excite
- Synonym: ilusionar
- (Colombia) to stir up
- (Colombia) to tell lies
- Synonym: engrupir
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of embullar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of embullar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
edit- “embullar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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