embalar
Meaning
- (transitive) to rock (move gently back and forth)
- (transitive) to lull (to soothe a baby into sleep)
- (intransitive,transitive) to accelerate (to cause to move faster)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ẽ.baˈla(ʁ)/
Etymology
From em- + Late Latin ballāre (“to play, dance”). Compare Spanish bailar.
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