embalse

See also: embalsé

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Paleo-Hispanicder.

Spanish balsa

Spanish -ar

Spanish embalsardeverb.

Spanish embalse

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025