emboquillar

Spanish

Etymology

From em- +‎ boquilla +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

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

Verb

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)

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