embarrass
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embarrass (3ª persona sing. presente embarrasses, participio presente embarrassing, passato semplice e participio passato embarrassed)
- (UK, US senza la fusione "Mary–marry–merry") IPA: /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs/
- (US con fusione "Mary–marry–merry") IPA: /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əs/ Ascolta la pronuncia :
dal francese embarrasser, dallo spagnolo embarazar, dal portoghese embaraçar, combinazione di em- e baraço (spago, laccio, cappio)
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- Dictionary.com, lemma embarrass
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Dictionary versione on-line
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary