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Spanish
Etymology
From embuste + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /embusteˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧bus‧te‧ar
Verb
embustear (first-person singular present embusteo, first-person singular preterite embusteé, past participle embusteado)
- (intransitive) to lie; to be a liar
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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