alambicar

From the noun alambique (“still”), from Arabic إِنْبِيق‎ (ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix).

alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiquei, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill
2. to complicate

From the noun alambique (“still”), from Arabic الإِنْبِيق‎ (al-ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix).

alambicar (first-person singular present indicative alambico, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill
2. (by extension) to refine
3. (by extension) to complicate excessively
4. to scrutinize, to examine closely
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become pretentious

• (distill): destilar
• (refine): requintar
• (examine): examinar

• alambicado

From alambique (“still”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /alambiˈkaɾ/, [alãmbiˈkaɾ]

alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiqué, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill

   Synonym: destilar

2. to scrutinize, to examine closely
3. to complicate excessively

• c becomes qu before e.

• “alambicar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.