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Does "embarazado" mean pregnant?

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What does the word "embarazado" translate to in English?

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updated Mar 24, 2014
posted by oreatha

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Hahaha ,, Nice question .. let me try to answer .. Well embarazado can be two things 1st : It can be an adjective. 2nd : It can be a past participle of the verb embarrazar (to make a women pregnant).

Now as an adjective you can only use it's feminine version embarazada (unless you may be using it figuratively to mean perplexed or confused etc.) because we men have not until now been endowed with the blessing of getting pregnant so in a literal sense the adjective can only be used with the women to indicate that the woman is in the blessed state of pregnancy. But you may use the masculine version to indicate a figurative meaning .. like Estoy rodeado con muchos problemas y estoy embarazdo a causa de mi vida tanta ocupada. (I am surrounded by too many problems and am PERPLXED due to my extremely busy life).

And as a verbal participle it can be used in any verbal construction involving this verb.

Example .. a wife telling her husband with a smile : me has embarazado mi amor, ya estoy embarazada dos meses smile (hehe ,, the example sounds funny and no wife may give the good news to her husband like this but I just wanted to clarify both the uses for u). Hope you understand now.

updated Mar 24, 2014
posted by 00b055e0
Seriously? Answering a 3 years old thread? - DualG, Mar 21, 2014
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It does, but I don't think you would want to use the masculine form.

updated Mar 21, 2014
posted by NancyGrace
embarazO is "embarrassment" - NancyGrace, Feb 3, 2011
Perdón, pero con caballitos de mar, el hombre queda embarazado. Pardon me, but with sea horses the male becomes pregnant. - Esteban3304, Mar 21, 2014
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Yes, pregnant.

updated Mar 23, 2014
posted by jeezzle
Actually, I think it's embarrassed. - Leatha, Feb 3, 2011
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Embarazada is pregnant for humans. Preñada is pregnant for animals

updated Mar 23, 2014
posted by Reid13
It is okay to say prenada por women too. - juanmelgar, Mar 22, 2014
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"embarazada" means pregnant

updated Mar 16, 2014
posted by Benz
Bueno, en mis clases de prenatal , ¡todos los chicos también están embarazados! - Gekkosan, Feb 3, 2011
La verdad, es la primera vez que escucho semajante disparate jajaaja - Benz, Feb 3, 2011
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Embarazado. da: Said of a pregnant woman.

Embarazo: Pregnancy

Embarazoso: Embarrasing, awkward

updated Mar 22, 2014
posted by juanmelgar