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embolar.

to put wooden balls (on the tips of the horns of a bull)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/emboˈlaɾ/[ẽm.boˈlaɾ]
  1. to put wooden balls (on the tips of the horns of a bull)

  2. to blacken (shoes)

  3. to get drunk

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Spanish en- Spanish en- Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bullader. Spanish bola Spanish -ar Spanish embolar From en- + bola + -ar.

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