embarazar

  • 121paso — paso1 (Del lat. passus). 1. m. Movimiento sucesivo de ambos pies al andar. 2. Distancia recorrida en cada movimiento al andar. 3. Movimiento seguido con que anda un ser animado. 4. Modo o manera de andar. 5. paso romano. 6. Movimiento regular con …

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  • 122embarrass — [17] As in the case of embargo, the etymological meaning of embarrass is ‘put behind bars’. It comes ultimately from Italian imbarrare ‘surround with bars’, hence ‘impede’, a compound verb formed from the prefix in ‘in’ and Vulgar Latin *barra… …

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  • 123embarrass — [em bar′əs, imbar′əs] vt. [Fr embarrasser, lit., to encumber, obstruct < Sp embarazar < It imbarrazzare < imbarrare, to bar, impede < in (L in ) + ML barra, BAR1] 1. to cause to feel self conscious, confused, and ill at ease;… …

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  • 124embarrass — v.tr. 1 cause (a person) to feel awkward or self conscious or ashamed. 2 (as embarrassed adj.) encumbered with debts. 3 encumber, impede. 4 complicate (a question etc.). 5 perplex. Derivatives: embarrassedly adv. embarrassingly adv. embarrassment …

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