embromar

• Hyphenation: em‧bro‧mar

embromar (first-person singular present embromo, first-person singular preterite embromei, past participle embromado)

1. (transitive) to beat around the bush (to delay doing or talking about something difficult or unpleasant)
2. (transitive) to deceive, to trick
3. (intransitive) to promise something but not accomplish it
4. (intransitive) to joke, to play
5. (intransitive) to walk slowly

• enrolar

From en- +‎ broma +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /embɾoˈmaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾoˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bro‧mar

embromar (first-person singular present embromo, first-person singular preterite embromé, past participle embromado)

1. to joke (make jokes)
2. to laugh at someone
3. to tease
4. (Latin America) to annoy

   Synonyms: molestar, fastidiar

5. (Latin America) to entertain, distract

   Synonyms: entretener, distraer

6. (Latin America) to harm someone

   Synonyms: perjudicar, dañar

• “embromar”, 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