embozo
Spanish, noun
embozo is spelled E-M-B-O-Z-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embozo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “turnover (of a sheet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of embozar. With an accent, embozó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of embozar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Doblez de la sábana de la cama por la parte que toca el rostro”.
What does embozo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineturnover (of a sheet)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of embozar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of embozar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doblez de la sábana de la cama por la parte que toca el rostro. 2. Parte de la capa, banda u otra cosa con que se cubre el rostro. 3. Cada una de las tiras de lana, seda, u otra tela, con que se guarnecen interiormente desde el cuello hasta los lados de la capa. 4. Recato o modo artificioso con que se dice o hace alguna cosa.
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 embozo
- embozos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to embozo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embozo in Spanish?
embozo appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).