embolsar
Portuguese
Etymology
From em- + bolsa (“bag”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bowˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.boʊ̯ˈsa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bowˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.boʊ̯ˈsa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bowˈsa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.boʊ̯ˈsa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bowˈsa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.boʊ̯ˈsa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bowˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.boʊ̯ˈsa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bowˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.boʊ̯ˈsa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bowˈsa(ɻ)/ [ẽ.boʊ̯ˈsa(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bowˈsa(ɻ)/ [ĩ.boʊ̯ˈsa(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bolˈsaɾ/ [ẽ.boɫˈsaɾ], /ẽ.bɔlˈsaɾ/ [ẽ.bɔɫˈsaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bolˈsa.ɾi/ [ẽ.boɫˈsa.ɾi], /ẽ.bɔlˈsa.ɾi/ [ẽ.bɔɫˈsa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: em‧bol‧sar
Verb
embolsar (first-person singular present embolso, first-person singular preterite embolsei, past participle embolsado)
- (transitive) to bag (to put into a bag)
- (transitive) to pocket money
- Antonym: desembolsar
Conjugation
Conjugation of embolsar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | embolsar | |||||
| Personal | embolsar | embolsares | embolsar | embolsarmos | embolsardes | embolsarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| embolsando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | embolsado | embolsados | ||||
| Feminine | embolsada | embolsadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | embolso | embolsas | embolsa | embolsamos | embolsais | embolsam |
| Imperfect | embolsava | embolsavas | embolsava | embolsávamos | embolsáveis | embolsavam |
| Preterite | embolsei | embolsaste | embolsou | embolsamos1, embolsámos2 | embolsastes | embolsaram |
| Pluperfect | embolsara | embolsaras | embolsara | embolsáramos | embolsáreis | embolsaram |
| Future | embolsarei | embolsarás | embolsará | embolsaremos | embolsareis | embolsarão |
| Conditional | embolsaria | embolsarias | embolsaria | embolsaríamos | embolsaríeis | embolsariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | embolse | embolses | embolse | embolsemos | embolseis | embolsem |
| Imperfect | embolsasse | embolsasses | embolsasse | embolsássemos | embolsásseis | embolsassem |
| Future | embolsar | embolsares | embolsar | embolsarmos | embolsardes | embolsarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | embolsa | embolse | embolsemos | embolsai | embolsem | |
| Negative (não) | não embolses | não embolse | não embolsemos | não embolseis | não embolsem | |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “embolsar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
From en- + bolsa + -ar. Compare obsolete English imburse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /embolˈsaɾ/ [ẽm.bolˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧bol‧sar
Verb
embolsar (first-person singular present embolso, first-person singular preterite embolsé, past participle embolsado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of embolsar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of embolsar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive embolsar | dative | embolsarme | embolsarte | embolsarle, embolsarse | embolsarnos | embolsaros | embolsarles, embolsarse |
| accusative | embolsarme | embolsarte | embolsarlo, embolsarla, embolsarse | embolsarnos | embolsaros | embolsarlos, embolsarlas, embolsarse | |
| with gerund embolsando | dative | embolsándome | embolsándote | embolsándole, embolsándose | embolsándonos | embolsándoos | embolsándoles, embolsándose |
| accusative | embolsándome | embolsándote | embolsándolo, embolsándola, embolsándose | embolsándonos | embolsándoos | embolsándolos, embolsándolas, embolsándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative embolsa | dative | embólsame | embólsate | embólsale | embólsanos | not used | embólsales |
| accusative | embólsame | embólsate | embólsalo, embólsala | embólsanos | not used | embólsalos, embólsalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative embolsá | dative | embolsame | embolsate | embolsale | embolsanos | not used | embolsales |
| accusative | embolsame | embolsate | embolsalo, embolsala | embolsanos | not used | embolsalos, embolsalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative embolse | dative | embólseme | not used | embólsele, embólsese | embólsenos | not used | embólseles |
| accusative | embólseme | not used | embólselo, embólsela, embólsese | embólsenos | not used | embólselos, embólselas | |
| with first-person plural imperative embolsemos | dative | not used | embolsémoste | embolsémosle | embolsémonos | embolsémoos | embolsémosles |
| accusative | not used | embolsémoste | embolsémoslo, embolsémosla | embolsémonos | embolsémoos | embolsémoslos, embolsémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative embolsad | dative | embolsadme | not used | embolsadle | embolsadnos | embolsaos | embolsadles |
| accusative | embolsadme | not used | embolsadlo, embolsadla | embolsadnos | embolsaos | embolsadlos, embolsadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative embolsen | dative | embólsenme | not used | embólsenle | embólsennos | not used | embólsenles, embólsense |
| accusative | embólsenme | not used | embólsenlo, embólsenla | embólsennos | not used | embólsenlos, embólsenlas, embólsense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “embolsar”, 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