alambicar
Spanish, verb/alambiˈkaɾ/
alambicar is spelled A-L-A-M-B-I-C-A-R (9 letters). Alambicar is a Spanish verb meaning “to distill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Destilar, separar en alambique”.
What does alambicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to distill
- 2
to scrutinize, to examine closely
- 3
to complicate excessively
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Destilar, separar en alambique. 2. Examinar con atención algo para desentrañar o comprender su significado o utilidad. 3. Rebuscar el lenguaje, el estilo o razonamiento, etc., de manera excesiva. 4. Reducir los márgenes de ganacia de una mercancía, resignándose a ganar poco por unidad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alambicar
- alambico first-person present singular
- alambiqué first-person preterite singular
- alambicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- alambicando gerund
- alambicada feminine participle past
- alambicados masculine participle past
- alambicadas feminine participle past
- alambicas indicative informal present
- alambicás indicative informal present
- alambica indicative present singular
- alambicamos first-person indicative plural
- alambicáis indicative plural present
- alambican indicative plural present
- alambicaba first-person imperfect indicative
- alambicabas imperfect indicative second-person
- alambicábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- alambicabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alambicar?
- /alambiˈkaɾ/
- [a.lãm.biˈkaɾ]
- [alãmbiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alambicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.