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Spanish
Etymology
Past participle of embarazar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /embaɾaˈθado/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /embaɾaˈsado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: em‧ba‧ra‧za‧do
Adjective
embarazado (feminine embarazada, masculine plural embarazados, feminine plural embarazadas)
- (usually in the feminine form) pregnant
- Synonyms: encinto, preñado
El caballito de mar macho es el único animal que queda embarazado.- The seahorse is the only male animal that gets pregnant.
Ningún miembro de la familia está embarazado- No member of the family is pregnant.
2008 April 1, Ana Gómez, “Hombre embarazado”, in Tiempo Habitual Online, archived from the original on December 10, 2021:Parece ser que la increíble trama de la película “Junior” (1994), donde Arnold Schwarzenegger protagoniza, por amor, a un hombre embarazado, es también increíblemente, una realidad.- It seems that the unbelievable plot of the movie "Junior" (1994), in which Arnold Schwarzenegger stars, for the love of God, as a pregnant man, is actually a real thing that happened.
2022 February 1, “Llegan los nuevos emojis inclusivos de Apple: hombre embarazado, saludos interraciales y más”, in Clarín:En total serán 37 iconos totalmente nuevos con el foco puesto en la diversidad: incluirán a un hombre embarazado y una persona embarazada, sin revelar su género.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (uncommon) uncomfortable
- Synonym: incómodo
1836, Fernán Caballero, chapter XIV, in La gaviota:El pescador llevaba, en lugar de su camisa de bayeta colorada, una blanca muy almidonada, y una chaqueta nueva de paño azul basto, con cuyas galas estaba tan embarazado que apenas podía moverse.- The fisherman wore, instead of his red cloth shirt, a very starchy white one, and a new jacket of coarse blue cloth, with whose clothes he was so uncomfortable that he could hardly move.
1844, Enrique Gil y Carrasco, chapter 26, in El Señor de Bembibre:El conde que, embarazado con tanto ahogo y apretura, se había visto embarazado en la barbacana, pudo desprenderse en aquel momento crítico, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- The first definition of this adjective is far more commonly found in the feminine form embarazada. However, by convention, Spanish dictionaries give the masculine form of adjectives as the base form, hence it appears as such in this dictionary.
- Embarazado is a false friend, and does not mean embarrassed. The Spanish word for embarrassed is avergonzado.
Related terms
Participle
embarazado (feminine embarazada, masculine plural embarazados, feminine plural embarazadas)
- past participle of embarazar
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