embarazo
Spanish, noun
embarazo is spelled E-M-B-A-R-A-Z-O (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,864th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embarazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pregnancy, childbearing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of embarazar. With an accent, embarazó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of embarazar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Período que transcurre entre la implantación en el útero del óvulo fecundado y el momento del parto”.
What does embarazo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepregnancy, childbearing
- 2
masculineinconvenience, obstacle
- 3
masculineawkwardness in actions or conduct
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of embarazar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of embarazar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Período que transcurre entre la implantación en el útero del óvulo fecundado y el momento del parto. 2. Condición de la mujer durante este período. 3. Inconveniente, obstáculo. 4. Torpeza en la acciones o modales.
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 embarazo
- embarazos plural
- embrazo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to embarazo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embarazo in Spanish?
embarazo appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).