Polyglot Dictionary

embaraçar

/ẽbaɾaˈsaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
embaraço
preterite (eu)
embaracei
past participle
embaraçado

Meaning

  1. to embarrass

    • Embaraçou-se ao falar.

      He was embarrassed to speak.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

constranger

constranger is slightly more about causing discomfort or coercion, a constraint; embaraçar is more about causing awkwardness or embarrassment directly.

Similar in other languages

German

blamieren

blamieren is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to embarrass."

Spanish

abochornar

abochornar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to embarrass."

French

embarrasser

embarrasser is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to embarrass."

Practice

1 What does embaraçar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches embaraçar?

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