embaraçar

Portuguese

Etymology

en- + baraço + -ar

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɐ.ɾɐˈsaɾ/

Hyphenation: em‧ba‧ra‧çar

Verb

embaraçar (first-person singular present embaraço, first-person singular preterite embaracei, past participle embaraçado)

(of hair, ropes, cables and similar) to tangle; to snarl (to interweave in a messy way)
Synonym: emaranhar
to embarrass (to make someone feel discomforted from shame)
Synonym: (more formal) constranger

Conjugation

Conjugation of embaraçar (c-ç 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	embaraçar
Personal	embaraçar	embaraçares	embaraçar	embaraçarmos	embaraçardes	embaraçarem
Gerund
	embaraçando
Past participle
Masculine	embaraçado			embaraçados
Feminine	embaraçada			embaraçadas
Indicative
Present	embaraço	embaraças	embaraça	embaraçamos	embaraçais	embaraçam
Imperfect	embaraçava	embaraçavas	embaraçava	embaraçávamos	embaraçáveis	embaraçavam
Preterite	embaracei	embaraçaste	embaraçou	embaraçamos¹, embaraçámos²	embaraçastes	embaraçaram
Pluperfect	embaraçara	embaraçaras	embaraçara	embaraçáramos	embaraçáreis	embaraçaram
Future	embaraçarei	embaraçarás	embaraçará	embaraçaremos	embaraçareis	embaraçarão
Conditional	embaraçaria	embaraçarias	embaraçaria	embaraçaríamos	embaraçaríeis	embaraçariam
Subjunctive
Present	embarace	embaraces	embarace	embaracemos	embaraceis	embaracem
Imperfect	embaraçasse	embaraçasses	embaraçasse	embaraçássemos	embaraçásseis	embaraçassem
Future	embaraçar	embaraçares	embaraçar	embaraçarmos	embaraçardes	embaraçarem
Imperative
Affirmative		embaraça	embarace	embaracemos	embaraçai	embaracem
Negative (não)		não embaraces	não embarace	não embaracemos	não embaraceis	não embaracem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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