embestir

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Italian investire (to undertake), which would make it a doublet of investir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /embesˈtiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧bes‧tir

Verb

embestir (first-person singular present embisto, first-person singular preterite embestí, past participle embestido)

  1. (bullfighting) to charge
  2. to attack, especially to ram (up against)
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 22:
      La Calchona se parece a una oveja de grandes lanas. Les sale al paso a los que viajan solos por el campo y les pide de comer. Si no le dan, los embiste hasta derribarlos y revuelve y pisotea.
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