embullar
Catalan
Etymology
Uncertain, perhaps from Latin involvere,[1] or *imbotulare, from botulus (“sausage”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əm.buˈʎa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /em.buˈʎaɾ/
Verb
embullar (first-person singular present embullo, past participle embullat)
- (transitive) to entangle
- Antonym: desembullar
- (figuratively, transitive) to complicate
- Synonym: embrollar
Conjugation
Conjugation of embullar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | embullar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | embullant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | embullat | embullada | |||||
| plural | embullats | embullades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | embullo | embulles | embulla | embullem | embulleu | embullen | |
| imperfect | embullava | embullaves | embullava | embullàvem | embullàveu | embullaven | |
| future | embullaré | embullaràs | embullarà | embullarem | embullareu | embullaran | |
| preterite | embullí | embullares | embullà | embullàrem | embullàreu | embullaren | |
| conditional | embullaria | embullaries | embullaria | embullaríem | embullaríeu | embullarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | embulli | embullis | embulli | embullem | embulleu | embullin | |
| imperfect | embullés | embullessis | embullés | embulléssim | embulléssiu | embullessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | embulla | embulli | embullem | embulleu | embullin | ||
Derived terms
- desembullar
- embull
- embulladís
- embullador
Related terms
- bull
References
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “4540. invŏlvere”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 327
Further reading
- “embullar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “embullar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “embullar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
From em- + bulla (“rowdiness, racket”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /embuˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.buˈʝaɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /embuˈʎaɾ/ [ẽm.buˈʎaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /embuˈʃaɾ/ [ẽm.buˈʃaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /embuˈʒaɾ/ [ẽm.buˈʒaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧bu‧llar
Verb
embullar (first-person singular present embullo, first-person singular preterite embullé, past participle embullado)
- (Colombia) to excite
- Synonym: ilusionar
- (Colombia) to stir up
- Synonyms: alborotar, meter bulla
- (Colombia) to tell lies
- Synonym: engrupir
Conjugation
Conjugation of embullar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | embullar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | embullando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | embullado | embullada | |||||
| plural | embullados | embulladas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | embullo | embullastú embullásvos | embulla | embullamos | embulláis | embullan | |
| imperfect | embullaba | embullabas | embullaba | embullábamos | embullabais | embullaban | |
| preterite | embullé | embullaste | embulló | embullamos | embullasteis | embullaron | |
| future | embullaré | embullarás | embullará | embullaremos | embullaréis | embullarán | |
| conditional | embullaría | embullarías | embullaría | embullaríamos | embullaríais | embullarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | embulle | embullestú embullésvos2 | embulle | embullemos | embulléis | embullen | |
| imperfect (ra) | embullara | embullaras | embullara | embulláramos | embullarais | embullaran | |
| imperfect (se) | embullase | embullases | embullase | embullásemos | embullaseis | embullasen | |
| future1 | embullare | embullares | embullare | embulláremos | embullareis | embullaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | embullatú embullávos | embulle | embullemos | embullad | embullen | ||
| negative | no embulles | no embulle | no embullemos | no embulléis | no embullen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of embullar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive embullar | |||||||
| dative | embullarme | embullarte | embullarle, embullarse | embullarnos | embullaros | embullarles, embullarse | |
| accusative | embullarme | embullarte | embullarlo, embullarla, embullarse | embullarnos | embullaros | embullarlos, embullarlas, embullarse | |
| with gerund embullando | |||||||
| dative | embullándome | embullándote | embullándole, embullándose | embullándonos | embullándoos | embullándoles, embullándose | |
| accusative | embullándome | embullándote | embullándolo, embullándola, embullándose | embullándonos | embullándoos | embullándolos, embullándolas, embullándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative embulla | |||||||
| dative | embúllame | embúllate | embúllale | embúllanos | not used | embúllales | |
| accusative | embúllame | embúllate | embúllalo, embúllala | embúllanos | not used | embúllalos, embúllalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative embullá | |||||||
| dative | embullame | embullate | embullale | embullanos | not used | embullales | |
| accusative | embullame | embullate | embullalo, embullala | embullanos | not used | embullalos, embullalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative embulle | |||||||
| dative | embúlleme | not used | embúllele, embúllese | embúllenos | not used | embúlleles | |
| accusative | embúlleme | not used | embúllelo, embúllela, embúllese | embúllenos | not used | embúllelos, embúllelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative embullemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | embullémoste | embullémosle | embullémonos | embullémoos | embullémosles | |
| accusative | not used | embullémoste | embullémoslo, embullémosla | embullémonos | embullémoos | embullémoslos, embullémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative embullad | |||||||
| dative | embulladme | not used | embulladle | embulladnos | embullaos | embulladles | |
| accusative | embulladme | not used | embulladlo, embulladla | embulladnos | embullaos | embulladlos, embulladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative embullen | |||||||
| dative | embúllenme | not used | embúllenle | embúllennos | not used | embúllenles, embúllense | |
| accusative | embúllenme | not used | embúllenlo, embúllenla | embúllennos | not used | embúllenlos, embúllenlas, embúllense | |
Further reading
- “embullar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014