embracilarse

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

embracilarse (first-person singular present me embracilo, first-person singular preterite me embracilé, past participle embracilado)

  1. (Mexico, of a baby) to become overly dependent on being held all the time
    • 2017, Sofía Segovia, El Murmullo de las Abejas, 1st edition, Mexico City, Mexico: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, →ISBN, page 277:
      Está muy chiquito, es trabajo de mujeres o no queremos que se embracile, le decían.
      'He's too little', 'It's women's work', or 'We don't want him to expect to be held all the time,' they told him.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

embracilarse

  1. infinitive of embracilar combined with se

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