embaraçar — meaning in English

English meaning

• embarrass verb To make someone feel awkward, ashamed, or self-conscious, often in front of others.
• tangle verb To twist together into a knotted, confused mass.

Senses

embaraçar is used for these senses in English:

• embarrass (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
• tangle (intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.

embarrass — full definition

1. verb To make someone feel awkward, ashamed, or self-conscious, often in front of others.
2. verb To cause financial or practical difficulty for someone.

tangle — full definition

1. verb To twist together into a knotted, confused mass.
2. verb To get into a fight, argument, or dispute with someone.
3. noun A twisted, knotted mass, or a confused, complicated situation.

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