embalar
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Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
embalar (first-person singular present embalo, first-person singular preterite embalí, past participle embalat)
- (transitive) to pack up, to package
- (intransitive, pronominal) to pick up speed; (figurative) to get carried away
Conjugation
| infinitive | embalar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | embalant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | embalat | embalada | |||||
| plural | embalats | embalades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | embalo | embales | embala | embalem | embaleu | embalen | |
| imperfect | embalava | embalaves | embalava | embalàvem | embalàveu | embalaven | |
| future | embalaré | embalaràs | embalarà | embalarem | embalareu | embalaran | |
| preterite | embalí | embalares | embalà | embalàrem | embalàreu | embalaren | |
| conditional | embalaria | embalaries | embalaria | embalaríem | embalaríeu | embalarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | embali | embalis | embali | embalem | embaleu | embalin | |
| imperfect | embalés | embalessis | embalés | embaléssim | embaléssiu | embalessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | embala | embali | embalem | embaleu | embalin | |
| negative (no) | — | no embalis | no embali | no embalem | no embaleu | no embalin | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “embalar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baˈla(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈla(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baˈla(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈla(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈla(ɻ)/
Etymology 1
From em- + Late Latin ballāre (“to play, dance”). Compare Spanish bailar.
Verb
embalar (first-person singular present embalo, first-person singular preterite embalei, past participle embalado)
- (transitive) to rock (move gently back and forth)
- Synonym: balançar
- (transitive) to lull (to soothe a baby into sleep)
- (intransitive, transitive) to accelerate (to cause to move faster)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
embalar (first-person singular present embalo, first-person singular preterite embalei, past participle embalado)
- (transitive) to wrap (to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc.)
- Synonyms: embrulhar, empacotar
- Antonym: desembalar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
embalar (first-person singular present embalo, first-person singular preterite embalé, past participle embalado)
Conjugation
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive embalar | dative | embalarme | embalarte | embalarle, embalarse | embalarnos | embalaros | embalarles, embalarse |
| accusative | embalarme | embalarte | embalarlo, embalarla, embalarse | embalarnos | embalaros | embalarlos, embalarlas, embalarse | |
| with gerund embalando | dative | embalándome | embalándote | embalándole, embalándose | embalándonos | embalándoos | embalándoles, embalándose |
| accusative | embalándome | embalándote | embalándolo, embalándola, embalándose | embalándonos | embalándoos | embalándolos, embalándolas, embalándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative embala | dative | embálame | embálate | embálale | embálanos | not used | embálales |
| accusative | embálame | embálate | embálalo, embálala | embálanos | not used | embálalos, embálalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative embalá | dative | embalame | embalate | embalale | embalanos | not used | embalales |
| accusative | embalame | embalate | embalalo, embalala | embalanos | not used | embalalos, embalalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative embale | dative | embáleme | not used | embálele, embálese | embálenos | not used | embáleles |
| accusative | embáleme | not used | embálelo, embálela, embálese | embálenos | not used | embálelos, embálelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative embalemos | dative | not used | embalémoste | embalémosle | embalémonos | embalémoos | embalémosles |
| accusative | not used | embalémoste | embalémoslo, embalémosla | embalémonos | embalémoos | embalémoslos, embalémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative embalad | dative | embaladme | not used | embaladle | embaladnos | embalaos | embaladles |
| accusative | embaladme | not used | embaladlo, embaladla | embaladnos | embalaos | embaladlos, embaladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative embalen | dative | embálenme | not used | embálenle | embálennos | not used | embálenles, embálense |
| accusative | embálenme | not used | embálenlo, embálenla | embálennos | not used | embálenlos, embálenlas, embálense | |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “embalar”, 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
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