embocar

From en- +‎ boca +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

embocar (first-person singular present emboco, first-person singular preterite emboquí, past participle embocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (intransitive) to debouch, to empty

   Synonym: desembocar

2. (transitive) to mouth, to put in one's mouth
3. (transitive, figurative) to wolf down, to gulp down
4. (transitive, nautical) to enter

• “embocar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From en- +‎ boca +‎ -ar, or possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *imbuccāre, from Latin bucca (compare French emboucher, Italian imboccare, Romanian îmbuca).

• IPA^(key): /emboˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bo‧car

embocar (first-person singular present emboco, first-person singular preterite emboqué, past participle embocado)

1. to put in one's mouth
2. to put in a hole
3. (sports) to sink, to pot

• “embocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10