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desembocar

to flow into

verb deh-sehm-boh-KAHR Less Common
Travel & Places Geography

Also means

to lead to

Usage Note

Desembocar literally means for a river to empty into a larger body of water (el río desemboca en el mar = the river flows into the sea). Figuratively it means for a situation or process to result in something (la crisis desembocó en una huelga). It is a spelling-change verb: c → qu before e (desemboque).

Examples

"El río Tajo desemboca en el océano Atlántico."

Natural Translation

The Tagus River flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

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