embarcar

From en- +‎ barca +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.bərˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.baɾˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: embarcà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

embarcar (first-person singular present embarco, first-person singular preterite embarquí, past participle embarcat)

1. to embark

• “embarcar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “embarcar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “embarcar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “embarcar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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embarcar (first-person singular present embarco, first-person singular preterite embarquei, past participle embarcado)

1. to embark
2. to ship
3. (idiomatic) to die

From en- +‎ barco +‎ -ar. Compare English embark.

• IPA^(key): /embaɾˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.baɾˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bar‧car

embarcar (first-person singular present embarco, first-person singular preterite embarqué, past participle embarcado)

1. to embark, to sail, to ship out

   Synonym: zarpar

2. to board, to load (persons or cargo)
3. (colloquial) to ship
4. (reflexive) to embark, go on
5. to let down someone

   Synonym: fallar

• “embarcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28