embasbacar

Portuguese

Etymology

From em- +‎ basbaque +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baz.baˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baz.baˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baz.baˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baz.baˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baz.baˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baz.baˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baz.baˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baz.baˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baz.baˈka(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baz.baˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baʒ.baˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baʒ.baˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baʒ.baˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baʒ.baˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baz.baˈka(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baz.baˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɐʒ.bɐˈkaɾ/ [ẽ.bɐʒ.βɐˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɐʒ.bɐˈkaɾ/ [ẽ.bɐʒ.βɐˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɐʒ.bɐˈka.ɾi/ [ẽ.bɐʒ.βɐˈka.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: em‧bas‧ba‧car

Verb

embasbacar (first-person singular present embasbaco, first-person singular preterite embasbaquei, past participle embasbacado)

1. (transitive) to stupefy, amaze
2. (intransitive) to be stupefied, taken aback, dumbfounded

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embasbacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	embasbacar
Personal	embasbacar	embasbacares	embasbacar	embasbacarmos	embasbacardes	embasbacarem
Gerund
	embasbacando
Past participle
Masculine	embasbacado			embasbacados
Feminine	embasbacada			embasbacadas
Indicative
Present	embasbaco	embasbacas	embasbaca	embasbacamos	embasbacais	embasbacam
Imperfect	embasbacava	embasbacavas	embasbacava	embasbacávamos	embasbacáveis	embasbacavam
Preterite	embasbaquei	embasbacaste	embasbacou	embasbacamos1, embasbacámos2	embasbacastes	embasbacaram
Pluperfect	embasbacara	embasbacaras	embasbacara	embasbacáramos	embasbacáreis	embasbacaram
Future	embasbacarei	embasbacarás	embasbacará	embasbacaremos	embasbacareis	embasbacarão
Conditional	embasbacaria	embasbacarias	embasbacaria	embasbacaríamos	embasbacaríeis	embasbacariam
Subjunctive
Present	embasbaque	embasbaques	embasbaque	embasbaquemos	embasbaqueis	embasbaquem
Imperfect	embasbacasse	embasbacasses	embasbacasse	embasbacássemos	embasbacásseis	embasbacassem
Future	embasbacar	embasbacares	embasbacar	embasbacarmos	embasbacardes	embasbacarem
Imperative
Affirmative		embasbaca	embasbaque	embasbaquemos	embasbacai	embasbaquem
Negative (não)		não embasbaques	não embasbaque	não embasbaquemos	não embasbaqueis	não embasbaquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• embasbacamento

 

Further reading

• “embasbacar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “embasbacar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “embasbacar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024