embracilar

From en- +‎ bracil (“vambrace”) +‎ -ar, from Latin bracchialis (“arm”).

• IPA^(key): /embɾaθiˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾa.θiˈlaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /embɾasiˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾa.siˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bra‧ci‧lar

embracilar (first-person singular present embracilo, first-person singular preterite embracilé, past participle embracilado)

1. (Andalusia, Salamanca, transitive) To carry in the arms

   Synonym: chinear

• “embracilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024