embarrass
English
/ɪmˈbæ.ɹəs/, /ɪmˈbɛ(ə).ɹəs/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash
- (transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
- (transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
Etymology
Borrowed from French embarrasser (block, obstruct) derived from Spanish, Castilian embarazar derived from Portuguese embaraçar.
Origin
Portuguese
embaraçar
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disembarrass English
- disembarrassment English
- embarrassability English
- embarrassable English
- embarrassment English
- impacable English
- impertransible English
- inconcoct English
- incorrigible English
- incremable English
- unembarrassability English
- unembarrassable English
- unembarrassment English
- *imbracchiāre Latin
- *imprendō Latin
- *impēiōrāre Latin
- *inclāvāre Latin
- ferō Latin
- im- Latin
- imbursāre Latin
- in Latin
- in- Latin
- incatenatio Latin
- inferō Latin
- innocens Latin
- inquaerere, inquiro Latin
- installāre Latin
- installō Latin
- intaminare Latin
- nocens Latin
- in- German
- in- Italian
- embarrasser French
- in- French
- desembarazar Spanish, Castilian
- embarazar Spanish, Castilian
- in- Spanish, Castilian
- intransigente Spanish, Castilian
- inusitado Spanish, Castilian
- βρᾰχῑ́ων Ancient Greek
- βῠ́ρσᾰ Ancient Greek
- *h₁én Proto-Indo-European
- embaraçar Portuguese
- embaraçoso Portuguese
- in- Portuguese
- inusitado Portuguese
- in- Middle English
- acte Old French
- en- Old French
- in- Catalan, Valencian
- în- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- încotro Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- îndărăt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- en- Old Portuguese
- ãn- Aromanian
- *en- Proto-Italic
- *stall Frankish
- en- Old Occitan
- en- Old Spanish
- ntufà Neapolitan
- entamenar prv