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embaucar

Portuguese, verb/ẽ.bawˈka(ʁ)/

embaucar is spelled E-M-B-A-U-C-A-R (8 letters). Embaucar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to trick, to deceive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does embaucar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to trick, to deceive

  2. 2

    to lure, to entice with guile

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of embaucar

  • embaúco first-person present singular
  • embauquei first-person preterite singular
  • embaucado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • embaucares infinitive second-person singular
  • embaucarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • embaucardes infinitive plural second-person
  • embaucarem infinitive plural third-person
  • embaucando gerund
  • embaucados masculine participle past
  • embaucada feminine participle past
  • embaucadas feminine participle past
  • embaúcas indicative present second-person
  • embaúca indicative present singular
  • embaucamos first-person indicative plural
  • embaucais indicative plural present
  • embaúcam indicative plural present
  • embaucava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce embaucar?

  • Brazil /ẽ.bawˈka(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ẽ.baʊ̯ˈka(h)]
  • Brazil /ĩ.bawˈka(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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