embotar

Portuguese

Verb

embotar (first-person singular present emboto, first-person singular preterite embotei, past participle embotado)

  1. to blunt
    1. (transitive) to make blunt
      Synonyms: cegar, desafiar
    2. (intransitive) to to become blunt
    3. (transitive, figuratively) to to repress or weaken

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

en- + boto + -ar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emboˈtaɾ/ [ẽm.boˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧bo‧tar

Verb

embotar (first-person singular present emboto, first-person singular preterite emboté, past participle embotado)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to blunt

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