alambicar
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the noun alambique (“still”), from Arabic إِنْبِيق (ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix).
Verb[edit]
alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiquei, past participle alambicado)
- to distill
- to complicate
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of alambicar
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the noun alambique (“still”), from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix).
Verb[edit]
alambicar (first-person singular present indicative alambico, past participle alambicado)
- to distill
- Synonym: destilar
- (by extension) to refine
- Synonym: requintar
- (by extension) to complicate excessively
- to scrutinize, to examine closely
- Synonym: examinar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become pretentious
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb alambicar
Derived terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From alambique (“still”) + -ar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiqué, past participle alambicado)
- to distill
- Synonym: destilar
- to scrutinize, to examine closely
- to complicate excessively
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of alambicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of alambicar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading[edit]
- “alambicar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Categories:
- Galician terms derived from Arabic
- Galician terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Galician lemmas
- Galician verbs
- Galician verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese terms derived from Arabic
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Portuguese verbs
- Spanish words suffixed with -ar
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verbs with c-qu alternation