emboscar
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== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [əm.busˈka]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [əm.bosˈka]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [em.bosˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
=== Verb ===
emboscar (first-person singular present embosco, first-person singular preterite embosquí, past participle emboscat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
(transitive) to ambush
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
emboscada
=== Further reading ===
“emboscar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“emboscar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“emboscar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“emboscar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin imboscāre, from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
emboscar (first-person singular present embosco, first-person singular preterite embosquei, past participle emboscado)
to ambush (to lie in wait for, or to attack)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
emboscada
=== Further reading ===
“emboscar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“emboscar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /embosˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.bosˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: em‧bos‧car
=== Verb ===
emboscar (first-person singular present embosco, first-person singular preterite embosqué, past participle emboscado)
(transitive) to ambush
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“emboscar”, 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