embarazar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish embaraçar, from 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): (Spain) /embaɾaˈθaɾ/ [ẽm.ba.ɾaˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /embaɾaˈsaɾ/ [ẽm.ba.ɾaˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧ba‧ra‧zar

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to impregnate, make pregnant
    Synonym: preñar
    Javier ha embarazado a María
    Javier has impregnated María.
  2. (reflexive) to become pregnant
    Synonym: concebir
  3. (transitive) to incommode, annoy

Conjugation
    Conjugation of embarazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive embarazar
gerund embarazando
past participle masculine feminine
singular embarazado embarazada
plural embarazados embarazadas
singular plural
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 embarazastú
embarazásvos		 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 embaracestú
embaracésvos2		 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 embarazatú
embarazávos		 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
accusative embarazarme embarazarte embarazarlo, embarazarla, embarazarse embarazarnos embarazaros embarazarlos, embarazarlas, embarazarse
with gerund embarazando
dative embarazándome embarazándote embarazándole, embarazándose embarazándonos embarazándoos embarazándoles, embarazándose
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
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
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
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
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
accusative embarácenme not used embarácenlo, embarácenla embarácennos not used embarácenlos, embarácenlas, embarácense

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