# embazar
## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From en- +‎ bazo (“spleen / opaque”). Cognate with Portuguese embaçar and Spanish embazar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [embaˈθaɾ], (western) [embaˈsaɾ]

### Verb

embazar (first-person singular present embazo, first-person singular preterite embacei, past participle embazado)
* to clash, block, obstruct, halt
    Synonym: atascar
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 108:Et o conde, quando o uyu, sayu a el et forõsse ferir muy de rigeo das l[ã]ças; et tam grandes forõ os golpes que sse derõ, que ficarõ enbaçados, en guisa que nõ poderõ falar nẽ ferirse hũu a outro(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to dull, tarnish
    Synonym: empanar

#### Conjugation
### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enbaçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enbaç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “embazar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “embazar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “embazar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /embaˈθaɾ/ [ẽm.baˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /embaˈsaɾ/ [ẽm.baˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: em‧ba‧zar
* Homophone: (Latin America) envasar

### Verb

embazar (first-person singular present embazo, first-person singular preterite embacé, past participle embazado)
* to confuse; muddle up

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | embazar | embazar | embazar | embazar | embazar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | embazando | embazando | embazando | embazando | embazando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | embazado | embazado | embazada | embazada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | embazados | embazados | embazadas | embazadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | embazo | embazas$^{tú}$ embazás$^{vos}$ | embaza | embazamos | embazáis | embazan |
| indicative | imperfect | embazaba | embazabas | embazaba | embazábamos | embazabais | embazaban |
| indicative | preterite | embacé | embazaste | embazó | embazamos | embazasteis | embazaron |
| indicative | future | embazaré | embazarás | embazará | embazaremos | embazaréis | embazarán |
| indicative | conditional | embazaría | embazarías | embazaría | embazaríamos | embazaríais | embazarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | embace | embaces$^{tú}$ embacés$^{vos2}$ | embace | embacemos | embacéis | embacen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | embazara | embazaras | embazara | embazáramos | embazarais | embazaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | embazase | embazases | embazase | embazásemos | embazaseis | embazasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | embazare | embazares | embazare | embazáremos | embazareis | embazaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | embaza$^{tú}$ embazá$^{vos}$ | embace | embacemos | embazad | embacen |
| imperative | negative | | no embaces | no embace | no embacemos | no embacéis | no embacen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “embazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014