embarrar

v.

1 to cover with mud.

El charco embarró las llantas The puddle covered the tires with mud.

2 to smear, to befoul, to dab, to daub.

María embarra su cara con miel Mary smears her face with honey.

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embarrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (untar de barro) to cover with mud

2 (embadurnar) to daub, smear

► verbo pronominal embarrarse

1 to get covered in mud

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1. VT

1) (=enfangar) to splash with mud

2) LAm [+ pared] [con barro] to cover with mud; [con yeso] to plaster

3)

embarrar a algn — Caribe, Cono Sur to smear sb, damage sb's standing; CAm, Méx * to set sb up *

la embarré — Cono Sur * I put my foot in it *, I spoiled things

2.

VI Cono Sur to make a mess of things

3.

See:

embarrarse

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1.

verbo transitivo to cover ... in mud

embarrarla — (AmS fam) to mess up (AmE colloq), to mess things up (BrE colloq)

2.

embarrarse v pron persona to get covered in mud; <prenda/ropa> to get...muddy

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= muddy.

Ex. The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.

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1.

verbo transitivo to cover ... in mud

embarrarla — (AmS fam) to mess up (AmE colloq), to mess things up (BrE colloq)

2.

embarrarse v pron persona to get covered in mud; <prenda/ropa> to get...muddy

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= muddy.

Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.

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embarrar [A1 ]

vt

to cover … in mud

un coche que pasaba me embarró toda a passing car covered me in mud o splashed mud all over me

embarrarla (AmS fam); to mess up (AmE colloq), to mess things up (BrE colloq)

■ embarrarse

v pron

to get covered in mud

se embarró toda la ropa he got his clothes all muddy

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embarrar (conjugate embarrar) verbo transitivo
to cover … in mud;

◊ embarrarla (AmS fam) to mess up (AmE colloq), to mess things up (BrE colloq)

embarrarse verbo pronominal [persona] to get covered in mud;

‹prenda/ropa› to get…muddy
'embarrar' also found in these entries:
English:
muddy

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embarrar

♦ vt

1. [con barro] to cover with mud

2. Méx [untar]

embarrar el pan con mantequilla to spread butter on the bread

3. Am [calumniar, desacreditar] to smear

4. CAm, Méx, RP

embarrar a alguien en algo [en asunto turbio] to get sb mixed up in sth

5. Méx Fam

embarrar la mano a alguien to grease sb's palm

6. Andes, RP Fam

embarrarla [meter la pata] to put one's foot in it

♦ See also the pronominal verb embarrarse

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embarrar vt

1) : to cover with mud

2) embadurnar: to smear