imbricar
Spanish, verb/imbɾiˈkaɾ/
imbricar is spelled I-M-B-R-I-C-A-R (8 letters). Imbricar is a Spanish verb meaning “to interlace, interweave, imbricate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Colocar o disponer cosas de formas iguales o parecidas de modo que se superpongan parcialmente formando capas…”.
What does imbricar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to interlace, interweave, imbricate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Colocar o disponer cosas de formas iguales o parecidas de modo que se superpongan parcialmente formando capas sucesivas. 2. Entrelazar o vincular un hecho, idea, acontecimiento, etc. con otro u otros de forma que queden ligados.
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 imbricar
- imbrico first-person present singular
- imbriqué first-person preterite singular
- imbricado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- imbricando gerund
- imbricada feminine participle past
- imbricados masculine participle past
- imbricadas feminine participle past
- imbricas indicative informal present
- imbricás indicative informal present
- imbrica indicative present singular
- imbricamos first-person indicative plural
- imbricáis indicative plural present
- imbrican indicative plural present
- imbricaba first-person imperfect indicative
- imbricabas imperfect indicative second-person
- imbricábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- imbricabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imbricar?
- /imbɾiˈkaɾ/
- [ĩm.bɾiˈkaɾ]
- [ĩmbɾiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imbricar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.