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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish embaucar .
Pronunciation
( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /ẽ.bawˈka(ʁ)/ , ( natural pronunciation ) /ĩ.bawˈka(ʁ)/
( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /ẽ.bawˈka(ʁ)/ , ( natural pronunciation ) /ĩ.bawˈka(ʁ)/
( São Paulo ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /ẽ.bawˈka(ɾ)/ , ( natural pronunciation ) /ĩ.bawˈka(ɾ)/
( Rio de Janeiro ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /ẽ.bawˈka(ʁ)/ , ( natural pronunciation ) /ĩ.bawˈka(ʁ)/
( Southern Brazil ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /ẽ.bawˈka(ɻ)/ , ( natural pronunciation ) /ĩ.bawˈka(ɻ)/
Verb
embaucar (first-person singular present embaúco , first-person singular preterite embauquei , past participle embaucado )
( transitive ) to trick , to deceive
( transitive ) to lure , to entice with guile
Conjugation
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /embauˈkaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: em‧bau‧car
Verb
embaucar (first-person singular present embauco , first-person singular preterite embauqué , past participle embaucado )
to hoodwink , pull a fast one
to trick
Synonyms: engañar , timar , embustir
Conjugation
Selected combined forms of embaucar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
with infinitive embaucar
embaucarme
embaucarte
embaucarle , embaucarse
embaucarnos
embaucaros
embaucarles , embaucarse
embaucarme
embaucarte
embaucarlo , embaucarla , embaucarse
embaucarnos
embaucaros
embaucarlos , embaucarlas , embaucarse
with gerund embaucando
embaucándome
embaucándote
embaucándole , embaucándose
embaucándonos
embaucándoos
embaucándoles , embaucándose
embaucándome
embaucándote
embaucándolo , embaucándola , embaucándose
embaucándonos
embaucándoos
embaucándolos , embaucándolas , embaucándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative embauca
embáucame
embáucate
embáucale
embáucanos
not used
embáucales
embáucame
embáucate
embáucalo , embáucala
embáucanos
not used
embáucalos , embáucalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative embaucá
embaucame
embaucate
embaucale
embaucanos
not used
embaucales
embaucame
embaucate
embaucalo , embaucala
embaucanos
not used
embaucalos , embaucalas
with formal second-person singular imperative embauque
embáuqueme
not used
embáuquele , embáuquese
embáuquenos
not used
embáuqueles
embáuqueme
not used
embáuquelo , embáuquela , embáuquese
embáuquenos
not used
embáuquelos , embáuquelas
with first-person plural imperative embauquemos
not used
embauquémoste
embauquémosle
embauquémonos
embauquémoos
embauquémosles
not used
embauquémoste
embauquémoslo , embauquémosla
embauquémonos
embauquémoos
embauquémoslos , embauquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative embaucad
embaucadme
not used
embaucadle
embaucadnos
embaucaos
embaucadles
embaucadme
not used
embaucadlo , embaucadla
embaucadnos
embaucaos
embaucadlos , embaucadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative embauquen
embáuquenme
not used
embáuquenle
embáuquennos
not used
embáuquenles , embáuquense
embáuquenme
not used
embáuquenlo , embáuquenla
embáuquennos
not used
embáuquenlos , embáuquenlas , embáuquense
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