embalar

Catalan

Etymology

en- +‎ bala +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.bəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.baˈlaɾ]

Verb

embalar (first-person singular present embalo, first-person singular preterite embalí, past participle embalat)

1. (transitive) to pack up, to package
2. (intransitive, pronominal) to pick up speed; (figurative) to get carried away

Derived terms

• embaladora
• embalatge

Further reading

• “embalar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From em- + Late Latin ballāre (“to play, dance”). Compare Spanish bailar.

Verb

1. (transitive) to rock (move gently back and forth)

   Synonym: balançar

2. (transitive) to lull (to soothe a baby into sleep)
3. (intransitive, transitive) to accelerate (to cause to move faster)

Derived terms

• canção de embalar

Etymology 2

From French emballer.

Verb

1. (transitive) to wrap (to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc.)

   Synonyms: embrulhar, empacotar

   Antonym: desembalar

Related terms

• desembalado

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embaˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.baˈlaɾ]

Verb

embalar (first-person singular present embalo, first-person singular preterite embalé, past participle embalado)

1. to pack
2. (reflexive) to speed up, pick up speed

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			embalar
gerund			embalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		embalado		embalada
		plural		embalados		embaladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embalo	embalastú embalásvos	embala	embalamos	embaláis	embalan
	imperfect	embalaba	embalabas	embalaba	embalábamos	embalabais	embalaban
	preterite	embalé	embalaste	embaló	embalamos	embalasteis	embalaron
	future	embalaré	embalarás	embalará	embalaremos	embalaréis	embalarán
	conditional	embalaría	embalarías	embalaría	embalaríamos	embalaríais	embalarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embale	embalestú embalésvos2	embale	embalemos	embaléis	embalen
	imperfect (ra)	embalara	embalaras	embalara	embaláramos	embalarais	embalaran
	imperfect (se)	embalase	embalases	embalase	embalásemos	embalaseis	embalasen
	future1	embalare	embalares	embalare	embaláremos	embalareis	embalaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		embalatú embalávos	embale	embalemos	embalad	embalen
	negative		no embales	no embale	no embalemos	no embaléis	no embalen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of embalar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive embalar
	dative	embalarme	embalarte	embalarle, embalarse	embalarnos	embalaros	embalarles, embalarse
	accusative	embalarme	embalarte	embalarlo, embalarla, embalarse	embalarnos	embalaros	embalarlos, embalarlas, embalarse
with gerund embalando
	dative	embalándome	embalándote	embalándole, embalándose	embalándonos	embalándoos	embalándoles, embalándose
	accusative	embalándome	embalándote	embalándolo, embalándola, embalándose	embalándonos	embalándoos	embalándolos, embalándolas, embalándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative embala
	dative	embálame	embálate	embálale	embálanos	not used	embálales
	accusative	embálame	embálate	embálalo, embálala	embálanos	not used	embálalos, embálalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative embalá
	dative	embalame	embalate	embalale	embalanos	not used	embalales
	accusative	embalame	embalate	embalalo, embalala	embalanos	not used	embalalos, embalalas
with formal second-person singular imperative embale
	dative	embáleme	not used	embálele, embálese	embálenos	not used	embáleles
	accusative	embáleme	not used	embálelo, embálela, embálese	embálenos	not used	embálelos, embálelas
with first-person plural imperative embalemos
	dative	not used	embalémoste	embalémosle	embalémonos	embalémoos	embalémosles
	accusative	not used	embalémoste	embalémoslo, embalémosla	embalémonos	embalémoos	embalémoslos, embalémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative embalad
	dative	embaladme	not used	embaladle	embaladnos	embalaos	embaladles
	accusative	embaladme	not used	embaladlo, embaladla	embaladnos	embalaos	embaladlos, embaladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative embalen
	dative	embálenme	not used	embálenle	embálennos	not used	embálenles, embálense
	accusative	embálenme	not used	embálenlo, embálenla	embálennos	not used	embálenlos, embálenlas, embálense

Derived terms

• cinta de embalar

 

Related terms

• embalado
• embalador
• embaladura
• embalaje

 

Anagrams

• alambre

Further reading

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