emboquillar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From em- +‎ boquilla +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /embokiˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.bo.kiˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /embokiˈʎaɾ/ [ẽm.bo.kiˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /embokiˈʃaɾ/ [ẽm.bo.kiˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /embokiˈʒaɾ/ [ẽm.bo.kiˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧bo‧qui‧llar

Verb

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emboquillar (first-person singular present emboquillo, first-person singular preterite emboquillé, past participle emboquillado)

  1. (transitive) to tip (a cigar)
  2. (masonry, transitive) to point
    • 2016 September, “Industria de adhesivos “pega” en Honduras”, in La Prensa[1]:
      Ofrecen también productos para emboquillar todo tipo de losetas cerámicas, resistente al impacto, compresión y sustancias químicas por ser 100% impermeable.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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