embromar
Spanish, verb/embɾoˈmaɾ/
embromar is spelled E-M-B-R-O-M-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 155,407th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embromar is a Spanish verb meaning “to joke (make jokes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gastar bromas o chanzas para divertirse, especialmente si incluyen engaño o algún tipo de acción artificiosa…”.
What does embromar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to joke (make jokes)
- 2
to laugh at someone
- 3
to tease
- 4
Latin-Americato annoy
- 5
Latin-Americato entertain, distract
- 6
Latin-Americato harm someone
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gastar bromas o chanzas para divertirse, especialmente si incluyen engaño o algún tipo de acción artificiosa, faramalla o trapaza para reírse de quien se lo toma en serio. 2. Hacer creer a alguien algo que no es cierto, o hacerlo obrar erróneamente usando trapacerías. 3. Causar fastidio o molestia; poner a prueba la paciencia de uno. 4. Causar que la atención se desvíe de algo que tiene que hacerse o en lo que debería concentrarse.
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 embromar
- embromo first-person present singular
- embromé first-person preterite singular
- embromado participle past
- embromando gerund
- embromada feminine participle past
- embromados masculine participle past
- embromadas feminine participle past
- embromas indicative informal present
- embromás indicative informal present
- embroma indicative present singular
- embromamos first-person indicative plural
- embromáis indicative plural present
- embroman indicative plural present
- embromaba first-person imperfect indicative
- embromabas imperfect indicative second-person
- embromábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- embromabais imperfect indicative plural
- embromaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embromar?
- /embɾoˈmaɾ/
- [ẽm.bɾoˈmaɾ]
- [ẽmbɾoˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is embromar in Spanish?
embromar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).