Polyglot Dictionary

embasar

/ẽbaˈzaɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
embaso
preterite (eu)
embasei
past participle
embasado

Meaning

  1. to base

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

basear

embasar is more formal or legal, to substantiate or ground an argument; basear is the everyday general word — both mean "to base."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

basar

basar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to base."

Spanish

fundamentar

fundamentar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to base."

Practice

1 What does embasar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches embasar?

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