embaraçar

Portuguese

Etymology

en- + baraço + -ar

Verb

embaraçar (first-person singular present indicative embaraço, past participle embaraçado)

  1. (of hair, ropes, cables and similar) to tangle; to snarl (to interweave in a messy way)
    Synonym: emaranhar
  2. to embarrass (to make someone feel discomforted from shame)
    Synonym: constranger (more formal)

Conjugation

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