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embarcar

to board

verb ehm-bahr-KAHR Rare

Also means

to embark

Usage Note

Embarcar means to board or load onto a ship, plane, or vehicle. Its reflexive embarcarse en algo is the idiomatic way to say 'to embark on' a project or undertaking. Note the spelling change to embarqué in the preterite first-person singular (c → qu before e).

Examples

"Los pasajeros comenzaron a embarcar."

Natural Translation

The passengers began to board.

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