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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈɾa.su/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈɾa.su/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈɾa.su/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈɾa.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈɾa.so/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈɾa.so/
- Rhymes: -asu
- Hyphenation: em‧ba‧ra‧ço
Etymology 1
Deverbal from embaraçar.
Noun
embaraço m (plural embaraços)
- embarrassment
- awkwardness
Etymology 2
Verb
embaraço
- first-person singular present indicative of embaraçar