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embarazar.

to impregnate, make pregnant

9 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/embaɾaˈθaɾ/[ẽm.ba.ɾaˈθaɾ]/embaɾaˈsaɾ/[ẽm.ba.ɾaˈsaɾ]
  1. to impregnate, make pregnant

    transitive
    Javier ha embarazado a María.
    Fue una relación mala, pero la embarazó.
  2. to become pregnant

    reflexive
    La niña se embarazó.
    Cuando se embarazó, decidió abortar.
  3. to incommode, annoy

    transitive
    ¡Dejen de embarazarme con eso!
    Parece que el perro seguirá embarazándome.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish embaraçar, borrowed from Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçar (literally “to tangle, to snarl”), from earlier baraço (“twine, tether, noose”), from Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa, “rope”). See Portuguese baraço for more. The source of French embarrasser, whence English embarrass.

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