embocar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ boca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

Further reading

• “embocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014