embaucar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish embaucar. === Pronunciation === === Verb === embaucar (first-person singular present embaúco, first-person singular preterite embauquei, past participle embaucado) (transitive) to trick, to deceive (transitive) to lure, to entice with guile ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “embaucar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “embaucar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === embabucar (dated or dialectal) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /embauˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.bau̯ˈkaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: em‧bau‧car === Verb === embaucar (first-person singular present embauco, first-person singular preterite embauqué, past participle embaucado) to hoodwink, pull a fast one to trick Synonyms: engañar, timar, embustir ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “embaucar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025