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embolar

/emboˈlaɾ/ verb C2
  1. to put wooden balls (on the tips of the horns of a bull)
  2. to blacken (shoes)
  3. to get drunk (reflexive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
embolar
Gerund
embolando
Past participle
embolado
Present (yo)
embolo
Preterite (yo)
embolé

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Comprenderá el lector que tamañas flechas, que en mis luchas con camaradas solía embolar, a fin de no herir gravemente, no se empleaban exclusivamente en vanos simulacros de guerra antigua; servían también para menesteres más utilitarios.
Recuerdos de mi vida: Mi infancia y juventud, p. 40 · C1

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