embolar

From en- +‎ bola +‎ -ar.

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

embolar (first-person singular present embolo, first-person singular preterite embolí, past participle embolat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/

1. (bullfighting) to put wooden balls (on the tips of the horns of a bull)

• “embolar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “embolar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “embolar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “embolar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From en- +‎ bola +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: em‧bo‧lar

embolar (first-person singular present embolo, first-person singular preterite embolei, past participle embolado)

1. to put spheres on the tip of a bull's horn to avoid hurting the bullfighter
2. (Brazil) to grab an enemy and roll with them over the ground
3. to form a bunch (load of material put together)

• embolado
• embolada
• embolador
• embolação

• “embolar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From en- +‎ bola +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /emboˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bo‧lar

embolar (first-person singular present embolo, first-person singular preterite embolé, past participle embolado)

1. (bullfighting) to put wooden balls (on the tips of the horns of a bull)
2. to blacken (shoes)
3. (reflexive) to get drunk

• “embolar”, 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