embozar
[ẽmboˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“embozar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cubrir el rostro por la parte inferior con una prenda de vestir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-embozar · embozar · Spanish
embozar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embozar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmboˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “embozar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
embozar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmboˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for embozar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is embozar, spelled E-M-B-O-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Cubrir el rostro por la parte inferior con una prenda de vestir.
- 2Disfrazar u ocultar lo que uno piensa o proyecta.
- 3Obstruir un conducto.
- 4Poner el bozal a los caballos o a los perros.
- 5Contener, refrenar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how embozar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
embozar una cañería.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.