Polyglot Dictionary

embotellar

/emboteˈʝaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
embotello
preterite (yo)
embotellé
past participle
embotellado

Meaning

  1. to bottle

    • Embotellan el vino.

      They bottle the wine.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

enfrascar

enfrascar specifically means to bottle or put into jars, and figuratively "enfrascarse" means to become absorbed in something; embotellar is the standard word "to bottle" drinks.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

engarrafar

engarrafar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to bottle."

Practice

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