alambicar

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Galician

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Etymology

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From the noun alambique (still), from Arabic إِنْبِيق (ʔinbīq, still), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix).

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alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiquei, past participle alambicado)

  1. to distill
  2. to complicate

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From the noun alambique (still), from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq, still), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix).

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Verb

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alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiquei, past participle alambicado)

  1. to distill
    Synonym: destilar
  2. (by extension) to refine
    Synonym: requintar
  3. (by extension) to complicate excessively
  4. to scrutinize, to examine closely
    Synonym: examinar
  5. (pronominal) to become pretentious

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From alambique (still) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alambiˈkaɾ/ [a.lãm.biˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧lam‧bi‧car

Verb

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alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiqué, past participle alambicado)

  1. (transitive) to distill
    Synonym: destilar
  2. (transitive) to scrutinize, to examine closely
    Synonym: escrudiñar
  3. (transitive) to complicate excessively
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      [] la sociedad modelo, según las ideas de su padre, había alambicado y desvirtuado un poco la idea religiosa, dejándose seducir demasiado por los símbolos que la misma idea religiosa emplea como órganos eficaces y al mismo tiempo como culto tributado por la verdad a la belleza eterna.
      [] the model society, according to the ideas of his father, had complicated and somewhat distorted the religious idea, allowing itself to be seduced too much by the symbols that the same religious idea uses as effective organs and at the same time as a cult paid by the truth to eternal beauty.

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