embullar

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Latin involvere, or *imbotulare, from botulus (“sausage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.buˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.buˈʎaɾ]

Verb

embullar (first-person singular present embullo, first-person singular preterite embullí, past participle embullat)

1. (transitive) to entangle

   Antonym: desembullar

2. (figurative, transitive) to complicate

   Synonym: embrollar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embullar (first conjugation)

infinitive			embullar
gerund			embullant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		embullat		embullada
		plural		embullats		embullades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	embullo	embulles	embulla	embullem	embulleu	embullen
	imperfect	embullava	embullaves	embullava	embullàvem	embullàveu	embullaven
	future	embullaré	embullaràs	embullarà	embullarem	embullareu	embullaran
	preterite	embullí	embullares	embullà	embullàrem	embullàreu	embullaren
	conditional	embullaria	embullaries	embullaria	embullaríem	embullaríeu	embullarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	embulli	embullis	embulli	embullem	embulleu	embullin
	imperfect	embullés	embullessis	embullés	embulléssim	embulléssiu	embullessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	embulla	embulli	embullem	embulleu	embullin
	negative (no)	—	no embullis	no embulli	no embullem	no embulleu	no embullin

Derived terms

• desembullar
• embull
• embulladís
• embullador

Related terms

• bull

Further reading

• “embullar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “embullar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “embullar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Spanish

Etymology

From em- +‎ bulla (“rowdiness, racket”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /embuˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.buˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /embuˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.buˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /embuˈʎaɾ/ [ẽm.buˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /embuˈʃaɾ/ [ẽm.buˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /embuˈʒaɾ/ [ẽm.buˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bu‧llar

Verb

embullar (first-person singular present embullo, first-person singular preterite embullé, past participle embullado)

1. (Colombia) to excite

   Synonym: ilusionar

2. (Colombia) to stir up

   Synonyms: alborotar, meter bulla

3. (Colombia) to tell lies

   Synonym: engrupir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embullar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			embullar
gerund			embullando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		embullado		embullada
		plural		embullados		embulladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embullo	embullastú embullásvos	embulla	embullamos	embulláis	embullan
	imperfect	embullaba	embullabas	embullaba	embullábamos	embullabais	embullaban
	preterite	embullé	embullaste	embulló	embullamos	embullasteis	embullaron
	future	embullaré	embullarás	embullará	embullaremos	embullaréis	embullarán
	conditional	embullaría	embullarías	embullaría	embullaríamos	embullaríais	embullarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embulle	embullestú embullésvos2	embulle	embullemos	embulléis	embullen
	imperfect (ra)	embullara	embullaras	embullara	embulláramos	embullarais	embullaran
	imperfect (se)	embullase	embullases	embullase	embullásemos	embullaseis	embullasen
	future1	embullare	embullares	embullare	embulláremos	embullareis	embullaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		embullatú embullávos	embulle	embullemos	embullad	embullen
	negative		no embulles	no embulle	no embullemos	no embulléis	no embullen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of embullar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive embullar	dative	embullarme	embullarte	embullarle, embullarse	embullarnos	embullaros	embullarles, embullarse
	accusative	embullarme	embullarte	embullarlo, embullarla, embullarse	embullarnos	embullaros	embullarlos, embullarlas, embullarse
with gerund embullando	dative	embullándome	embullándote	embullándole, embullándose	embullándonos	embullándoos	embullándoles, embullándose
	accusative	embullándome	embullándote	embullándolo, embullándola, embullándose	embullándonos	embullándoos	embullándolos, embullándolas, embullándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative embulla	dative	embúllame	embúllate	embúllale	embúllanos	not used	embúllales
	accusative	embúllame	embúllate	embúllalo, embúllala	embúllanos	not used	embúllalos, embúllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative embullá	dative	embullame	embullate	embullale	embullanos	not used	embullales
	accusative	embullame	embullate	embullalo, embullala	embullanos	not used	embullalos, embullalas
with formal second-person singular imperative embulle	dative	embúlleme	not used	embúllele, embúllese	embúllenos	not used	embúlleles
	accusative	embúlleme	not used	embúllelo, embúllela, embúllese	embúllenos	not used	embúllelos, embúllelas
with first-person plural imperative embullemos	dative	not used	embullémoste	embullémosle	embullémonos	embullémoos	embullémosles
	accusative	not used	embullémoste	embullémoslo, embullémosla	embullémonos	embullémoos	embullémoslos, embullémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative embullad	dative	embulladme	not used	embulladle	embulladnos	embullaos	embulladles
	accusative	embulladme	not used	embulladlo, embulladla	embulladnos	embullaos	embulladlos, embulladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative embullen	dative	embúllenme	not used	embúllenle	embúllennos	not used	embúllenles, embúllense
	accusative	embúllenme	not used	embúllenlo, embúllenla	embúllennos	not used	embúllenlos, embúllenlas, embúllense

Further reading

• “embullar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10