emborcar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.bohˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.bohˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boɾˈka(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boɾˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.boχˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.boχˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boɻˈka(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boɻˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.buɾˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.buɾˈka.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: em‧bor‧car

Verb

emborcar (first-person singular present emborco, first-person singular preterite emborquei, past participle emborcado)

  1. (ambitransitive) to turn (a container), spilling its contents
    Synonyms: entornar, vazar, verter, despejar, capotar
    Antonym: desemborcar
  2. (colloquial) to chug (a drink)
  3. (Brazil, intransitive, colloquial) to fall

Conjugation

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