embarazar
Spanish, verb/embaɾaˈθaɾ/
embarazar is spelled E-M-B-A-R-A-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embarazar is a Spanish verb meaning “to impregnate, make pregnant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Impedir o retardar alguna cosa”.
What does embarazar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impregnate, make pregnant
Javier ha embarazado a María.
- 2
to become pregnant
La niña se embarazó.
- 3
to incommode, annoy
¡Dejen de embarazarme con eso!
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Impedir o retardar alguna cosa. 2. Dejar embarazada a una persona.
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 embarazar
- embarazo first-person present singular
- embaracé first-person preterite singular
- embarazado participle past
- c-z alternation
- embarazando gerund
- embarazada feminine participle past
- embarazados masculine participle past
- embarazadas feminine participle past
- embarazas indicative informal present
- embarazás indicative informal present
- embaraza indicative present singular
- embarazamos first-person indicative plural
- embarazáis indicative plural present
- embarazan indicative plural present
- embarazaba first-person imperfect indicative
- embarazabas imperfect indicative second-person
- embarazábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- embarazabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embarazar?
- /embaɾaˈθaɾ/
- [ẽm.ba.ɾaˈθaɾ]
- /embaɾaˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embarazar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embarazar in Spanish?
embarazar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).