embarazar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish embaraçar, borrowed from Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçar (literally “to tangle, to snarl”), from baraço (“twine, tether, noose”), from Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa, “rope”). See the Portuguese entry for more. The source of French embarrasser, whence English embarrass.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /embaɾaˈθaɾ/ [ẽm.ba.ɾaˈθaɾ] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /embaɾaˈsaɾ/ [ẽm.ba.ɾaˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: em‧ba‧ra‧zar

Verb

embarazar (first-person singular present embarazo, first-person singular preterite embaracé, past participle embarazado)

(transitive) to impregnate, make pregnant
Synonym: preñar

Javier ha embarazado a María
Javier has impregnated María.
(reflexive) to become pregnant
Synonym: concebir
(transitive) to incommode, annoy

Conjugation

Conjugation of embarazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			embarazar
gerund			embarazando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		embarazado		embarazada
		plural		embarazados		embarazadas
		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	embarazo	embarazas^{^tú} embarazás^{^vos}	embaraza	embarazamos	embarazáis	embarazan
	imperfect	embarazaba	embarazabas	embarazaba	embarazábamos	embarazabais	embarazaban
	preterite	embaracé	embarazaste	embarazó	embarazamos	embarazasteis	embarazaron
	future	embarazaré	embarazarás	embarazará	embarazaremos	embarazaréis	embarazarán
	conditional	embarazaría	embarazarías	embarazaría	embarazaríamos	embarazaríais	embarazarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embarace	embaraces^{^tú} embaracés^{^vos²}	embarace	embaracemos	embaracéis	embaracen
	imperfect (ra)	embarazara	embarazaras	embarazara	embarazáramos	embarazarais	embarazaran
	imperfect (se)	embarazase	embarazases	embarazase	embarazásemos	embarazaseis	embarazasen
	future¹	embarazare	embarazares	embarazare	embarazáremos	embarazareis	embarazaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		embaraza^{^tú} embarazá^{^vos}	embarace	embaracemos	embarazad	embaracen
	negative		no embaraces	no embarace	no embaracemos	no embaracéis	no embaracen

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

Selected combined forms of embarazar (c-z alternation)

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 embarazar	dative	embarazarme	embarazarte	embarazarle, embarazarse	embarazarnos	embarazaros	embarazarles, embarazarse
with infinitive embarazar	accusative	embarazarme	embarazarte	embarazarlo, embarazarla, embarazarse	embarazarnos	embarazaros	embarazarlos, embarazarlas, embarazarse

with gerund embarazando	dative	embarazándome	embarazándote	embarazándole, embarazándose	embarazándonos	embarazándoos	embarazándoles, embarazándose
with gerund embarazando	accusative	embarazándome	embarazándote	embarazándolo, embarazándola, embarazándose	embarazándonos	embarazándoos	embarazándolos, embarazándolas, embarazándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative embaraza	dative	embarázame	embarázate	embarázale	embarázanos	not used	embarázales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative embaraza	accusative	embarázame	embarázate	embarázalo, embarázala	embarázanos	not used	embarázalos, embarázalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative embarazá	dative	embarazame	embarazate	embarazale	embarazanos	not used	embarazales
	accusative	embarazame	embarazate	embarazalo, embarazala	embarazanos	not used	embarazalos, embarazalas

with formal second-person singular imperative embarace	dative	embaráceme	not used	embarácele, embarácese	embarácenos	not used	embaráceles
with formal second-person singular imperative embarace	accusative	embaráceme	not used	embarácelo, embarácela, embarácese	embarácenos	not used	embarácelos, embarácelas

with first-person plural imperative embaracemos	dative	not used	embaracémoste	embaracémosle	embaracémonos	embaracémoos	embaracémosles
with first-person plural imperative embaracemos	accusative	not used	embaracémoste	embaracémoslo, embaracémosla	embaracémonos	embaracémoos	embaracémoslos, embaracémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative embarazad	dative	embarazadme	not used	embarazadle	embarazadnos	embarazaos	embarazadles
with informal second-person plural imperative embarazad	accusative	embarazadme	not used	embarazadlo, embarazadla	embarazadnos	embarazaos	embarazadlos, embarazadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative embaracen	dative	embarácenme	not used	embarácenle	embarácennos	not used	embarácenles, embarácense
with formal second-person plural imperative embaracen	accusative	embarácenme	not used	embarácenlo, embarácenla	embarácennos	not used	embarácenlos, embarácenlas, embarácense

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Anagrams

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