embolar
Spanish, verb/emboˈlaɾ/
embolar is spelled E-M-B-O-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish, the 229,525th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embolar is a Spanish verb meaning “to put wooden balls (on the tips of the horns of a bull)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Colocar bolas de madera en los cuernos del toro para evitar que hiera”.
What does embolar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put wooden balls (on the tips of the horns of a bull)
- 2
to blacken (shoes)
- 3
to get drunk
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Colocar bolas de madera en los cuernos del toro para evitar que hiera. 2. Pasar la bola (lustre) por el calzado.
verb: 1. Dar una mano de bol arménico a un objeto que se ha de dorar.
verb: 1. Emborrachar. 2. Causar embole.
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 embolar
- embolo first-person present singular
- embolé first-person preterite singular
- embolado participle past
- embolando gerund
- embolada feminine participle past
- embolados masculine participle past
- emboladas feminine participle past
- embolas indicative informal present
- embolás indicative informal present
- embola indicative present singular
- embolamos first-person indicative plural
- emboláis indicative plural present
- embolan indicative plural present
- embolaba first-person imperfect indicative
- embolabas imperfect indicative second-person
- embolábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- embolabais imperfect indicative plural
- embolaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embolar?
- /emboˈlaɾ/
- [ẽm.boˈlaɾ]
- [ẽmboˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is embolar in Spanish?
embolar appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).