embravir

From en- +‎ brau +‎ -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əm.bɾəˈβi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əm.bɾəˈvi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.bɾaˈviɾ]

embravir (first-person singular present embraveixo, first-person singular preterite embraví, past participle embravit)

1. (transitive) to embolden
2. (reflexive) to take heart
3. (transitive) to infuriate, to whip up
4. (reflexive) to get angry; (of the sea, etc.) to become rough, choppy
   • 1918, Josep Carner, Contes d'Andersen:

     Mentrestant ella era gronxada amunt i avall per les ones, de manera que pogués mirar dins la cabina; però el navili va anar movent-se i movent-se, fins que vela darrera vela fou inflada pel vent, les ones s'embraviren, grans núvols s'acoblaren, i llampegà en la llunyania.

     Meanwhile she was swayed up and down by the waves in such a way that she could see into the cabin; but the ship kept moving and moving, until sail after sail was inflated by the wind, the waves grew rough, great clouds joined up, and it lightninged in the distance.

• (infuriate): enfurir

• desembravir
• embraviment

• “embravir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025