embelecar

• embelicar

Perhaps from Arabic.^[1]

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embelecar (first-person singular present embeleco, first-person singular preterite embelequei, past participle embelecado)

1. (transitive) to deceive

   Synonym: enganar

2. (instransitive) to stumble

   Synonyms: enzopelar, tropezar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “embelecar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “embelecar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “embelecar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “embelecar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

embelecar (first-person singular present embeleco, first-person singular preterite embelequé, past participle embelecado)

1. (transitive) to deceive

• “embelecar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28