embaraçar

Portuguese

Etymology

en- + baraço + -ar

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ba.ɾaˈsa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bɐ.ɾɐˈsaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bɐ.ɾɐˈsa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: em‧ba‧ra‧çar

Verb

embaraçar (first-person singular present embaraço, first-person singular preterite embaracei, past participle embaraçado)

  1. (of hair, ropes, cables and similar) to tangle; to snarl (to interweave in a messy way)
    Synonym: emaranhar
  2. to embarrass (to make someone feel discomforted from shame)
    Synonym: (more formal) constranger

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embaraçar (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal embaraçar
Personal embaraçar embaraçares embaraçar embaraçarmos embaraçardes embaraçarem
Gerund
embaraçando
Past participle
Masculine embaraçado embaraçados
Feminine embaraçada embaraçadas
Indicative
Present embaraço embaraças embaraça embaraçamos embaraçais embaraçam
Imperfect embaraçava embaraçavas embaraçava embaraçávamos embaraçáveis embaraçavam
Preterite embaracei embaraçaste embaraçou embaraçamos1, embaraçámos2 embaraçastes embaraçaram
Pluperfect embaraçara embaraçaras embaraçara embaraçáramos embaraçáreis embaraçaram
Future embaraçarei embaraçarás embaraçará embaraçaremos embaraçareis embaraçarão
Conditional embaraçaria embaraçarias embaraçaria embaraçaríamos embaraçaríeis embaraçariam
Subjunctive
Present embarace embaraces embarace embaracemos embaraceis embaracem
Imperfect embaraçasse embaraçasses embaraçasse embaraçássemos embaraçásseis embaraçassem
Future embaraçar embaraçares embaraçar embaraçarmos embaraçardes embaraçarem
Imperative
Affirmative embaraça embarace embaracemos embaraçai embaracem
Negative (não) não embaraces não embarace não embaracemos não embaraceis não embaracem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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