embalar

From en- +‎ bala +‎ -ar.

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

embalar (first-person singular present embalo, first-person singular preterite embalí, past participle embalat)

1. (transitive) to pack up, to package
2. (intransitive, pronominal) to pick up speed; (figurative) to get carried away

• embaladora
• embalatge

• “embalar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From em- + Late Latin ballāre (“to play, dance”). Compare Spanish bailar.

embalar (first-person singular present embalo, first-person singular preterite embalei, past participle embalado)

1. (transitive) to rock (move gently back and forth)

   Synonym: balançar

2. (transitive) to lull (to soothe a baby into sleep)
3. (intransitive, transitive) to accelerate (to cause to move faster)

• canção de embalar

From French emballer.

embalar (first-person singular present embalo, first-person singular preterite embalei, past participle embalado)

1. (transitive) to wrap (to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc.)

   Synonyms: embrulhar, empacotar

   Antonym: desembalar

• desembalado

• IPA^(key): /embaˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.baˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧ba‧lar

embalar (first-person singular present embalo, first-person singular preterite embalé, past participle embalado)

1. to pack
2. (reflexive) to speed up, pick up speed

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

• alambre