embarcar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.baʁˈka(ʁ)/
embarcar is spelled E-M-B-A-R-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embarcar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to embark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “entrar(-se) ou colocar(-se) em embarcação”.
What does embarcar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embark
- 2
to ship
- 3
to die
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. entrar(-se) ou colocar(-se) em embarcação: 2. entrar em (meio de transporte) para viajar: 3. deixar-se levar (por enganação): 4. morrer
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of embarcar
- embarco first-person present singular
- embarquei first-person preterite singular
- embarcado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- embarcares infinitive second-person singular
- embarcarmos first-person infinitive plural
- embarcardes infinitive plural second-person
- embarcarem infinitive plural third-person
- embarcando gerund
- embarcados masculine participle past
- embarcada feminine participle past
- embarcadas feminine participle past
- embarcas indicative present second-person
- embarca indicative present singular
- embarcamos first-person indicative plural
- embarcais indicative plural present
- embarcam indicative plural present
- embarcava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embarcar?
- Brazil /ẽ.baʁˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.bahˈka(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.baʁˈka(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embarcar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embarcar in Portuguese?
embarcar appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).