embarullar

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Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ barullo (hubbub, noise, mess) +‎ -ar. The n letter from en- is transformed into a m when preceding a b due to Spanish orthographic norms.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /embaɾuˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /embaɾuˈʎaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /embaɾuˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /embaɾuˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧ba‧ru‧llar

Verb

embarullar (first-person singular present embarullo, first-person singular preterite embarullé, past participle embarullado)

  1. to jumble, mess up, bungle
    • 2015 September 15, “Pinchazos, descabellos y muchos avisos en la novillada de Albacete”, in El País:
      En su primero fue todo voluntad en una faena de pases sueltos y en la que acabó embarullado, sin acabar de aprovechar las bondades de su antagonista.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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