embracilar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- + bracil ("vambrace"), from Latin bracchialis (arm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /embɾaθiˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾa.θiˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /embɾasiˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.bɾa.siˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧bra‧ci‧lar

Verb

embracilar (first-person singular present embracilo, first-person singular preterite embracilé, past participle embracilado)

1. (Andalusia, Salamanca, transitive) To carry in the arms

   Synonym: chinear

Further reading

• “embracilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10