embestir

== Spanish == === Etymology === Probably from Italian investire (“to undertake”), which would make it a doublet of investir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /embesˈtiɾ/ [ẽm.besˈt̪iɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: em‧bes‧tir === Verb === embestir (first-person singular present embisto, first-person singular preterite embestí, past participle embestido) (bullfighting) to charge to attack, especially to ram (up against) (slang) to pound (sexually penetrate vigorously) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “embestir”, 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