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Portuguese
Etymology
en- + baraço + -ar
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: em‧ba‧ra‧çar
Verb
embaraçar (first-person singular present embaraço, first-person singular preterite embaracei, past participle embaraçado)
- (of hair, ropes, cables and similar) to tangle; to snarl (to interweave in a messy way)
- Synonym: emaranhar
- to embarrass (to make someone feel discomforted from shame)
- Synonym: (more formal) constranger
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.