embobecer
Spanish, verb[ẽmboβ̞eˈseɾ]
embobecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to render silly or stupid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nublar el ingenio, la inteligencia, el sentido común, la claridad mental, el entendimiento o la astucia.…”.
What does embobecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to render silly or stupid
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Nublar el ingenio, la inteligencia, el sentido común, la claridad mental, el entendimiento o la astucia. Poner bobo, lelo o tonto, entorpecer el uso de las facultad de razonar.
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 embobecer
- embobezco first-person present singular
- embobecí first-person preterite singular
- embobecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- embobeciendo gerund
- embobecida feminine participle past
- embobecidos masculine participle past
- embobecidas feminine participle past
- embobeces indicative informal present
- embobecés indicative informal present
- embobece indicative present singular
- embobecemos first-person indicative plural
- embobecéis indicative plural present
- embobecen indicative plural present
- embobecía first-person imperfect indicative
- embobecías imperfect indicative second-person
- embobecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- embobecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embobecer?
- [ẽmboβ̞eˈseɾ]
- [ẽmboβ̞eˈθeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.