embarcar
Spanish, verb/embaɾˈkaɾ/
embarcar is spelled E-M-B-A-R-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embarcar is a Spanish verb meaning “to embark, to sail, to ship out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ingresar o introducir personas o mercancías en un barco, avión, tren u otro medio de transporte para viajar”.
What does embarcar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embark, to sail, to ship out
- 2
to board, to load (persons or cargo)
- 3
colloquialto ship
- 4
to embark, go on
- 5
to let down someone
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ingresar o introducir personas o mercancías en un barco, avión, tren u otro medio de transporte para viajar. 2. Indicar un buque como destino a alguien. 3. Participar o intervenir una persona en una empresa difícil o peligrosa. 4. Retrasarse mucho o no ir a una cita. Dejar esperando sin dar explicaciones.
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 embarcar
- embarco first-person present singular
- embarqué first-person preterite singular
- embarcado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- embarcando gerund
- embarcada feminine participle past
- embarcados masculine participle past
- embarcadas feminine participle past
- embarcas indicative informal present
- embarcás indicative informal present
- embarca indicative present singular
- embarcamos first-person indicative plural
- embarcáis indicative plural present
- embarcan indicative plural present
- embarcaba first-person imperfect indicative
- embarcabas imperfect indicative second-person
- embarcábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- embarcabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embarcar?
- /embaɾˈkaɾ/
- [ẽm.baɾˈkaɾ]
- [ẽmbaɾˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embarcar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embarcar in Spanish?
embarcar appears 1.1 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).