embalse

See also: embalsé

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈbalse/ [ẽmˈbal.se]
• Rhymes: -alse
• Syllabification: em‧bal‧se

Etymology 1

Deverbal from embalsar.

Noun

embalse m (plural embalses)

1. reservoir

   Synonym: pantano

Etymology 2

Verb

embalse

1. inflection of embalsar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “embalse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014