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embotado

Spanish, adjective/emboˈtado/

embotado is spelled E-M-B-O-T-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 119,889th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embotado is a Spanish adjective meaning “dull, blunt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of embotar.

What does embotado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    dull, blunt

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of embotar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Participio de embotar.

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 embotado

  • embotada feminine
  • embotados masculine plural
  • embotadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce embotado?

  • /emboˈtado/
  • [ẽm.boˈt̪a.ð̞o]
  • [ẽmboˈt̪að̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to embotado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is embotado in Spanish?

embotado appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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