embolar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.boˈla(ʁ)/
embolar is spelled E-M-B-O-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 111,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embolar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to put spheres on the tip of a bull's horn to avoid hurting the bullfighter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar forma de bolo; fazer bola ou bolo uma substância”.
What does embolar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put spheres on the tip of a bull's horn to avoid hurting the bullfighter
- 2
Brazilto grab an enemy and roll with them over the ground
- 3
to form a bunch (load of material put together)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar forma de bolo; fazer bola ou bolo uma substância 2. encurvar fazendo bolo; enrolar 3. confundir, misturar 4. entrar em ou estar em estado de problema
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 embolar
- embolo first-person present singular
- embolei first-person preterite singular
- embolado participle past
- embolares infinitive second-person singular
- embolarmos first-person infinitive plural
- embolardes infinitive plural second-person
- embolarem infinitive plural third-person
- embolando gerund
- embolados masculine participle past
- embolada feminine participle past
- emboladas feminine participle past
- embolas indicative present second-person
- embola indicative present singular
- embolamos first-person indicative plural
- embolais indicative plural present
- embolam indicative plural present
- embolava first-person imperfect indicative
- embolavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embolar?
- Brazil /ẽ.boˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.boˈla(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.boˈla(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is embolar in Portuguese?
embolar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).