embarazar

Betekenis

(transitive) to impregnate, make pregnant
(reflexive) to become pregnant
(transitive) to incommode, annoy

Koppelteken as

em‧ba‧ra‧zar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/embaɾaˈθaɾ/

Etimologie

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.