embarcar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ barca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.bərˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [em.baɾˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: embarcà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

embarcar (first-person singular present embarco, first-person singular preterite embarquí, past participle embarcat)

1. to embark

Derived terms

• embarcador
• embarcament

 

Further reading

• “embarcar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “embarcar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “embarcar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “embarcar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ẽbɐɾˈkaɾ/

Verb

1. to embark
2. to ship
3. (idiomatic) to die
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Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ barco +‎ -ar. Compare English embark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embaɾˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.baɾˈkaɾ]

Verb

1. to embark, to sail, to ship out
2. to board, to load (persons or cargo)
3. (colloquial) to ship
4. (reflexive) to embark, go on
5. to let down (someone)

Derived terms

• embarcadero

Related terms

• barco
• embarcación

 

Further reading

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