embotar

v.

1 to dull (sentidos).

tenía la mente embotada de tanto estudiar his mind had been dulled by so much studying

El uso embotó el cuchillo Use dulled the knife.

2 to daze, to stupefy.

La falta de sueño embotó a Ricardo The lack of sleep dazed Richard.

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embotar

► verbo transitivo

1 (arma etc) to blunt

2 figurado (sentidos) to dull; (mente) to numb, fuddle

3 figurado (enervar) to enervate, debilitate

► verbo pronominal embotarse

1 (arma etc) to become blunt

2 figurado (sentidos) to be dulled; (mente) to become numb

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VT

1) [+ objeto] to blunt

2) [+ sentidos] to dull, blunt; (=debilitar) to weaken, enervate

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1.

verbo transitivo <mente/sentidos> to dull

2.

embotarse v pron

se embotó de tanto estudiar — his brain seized up from so much studying

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= blunt, dull.

Ex. It is arguable that such exhortation and implied criticism blunts receptivity and that it is ultimately counterproductive.

Ex. Too much heat, like too much cold, dulls the mind.

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1.

verbo transitivo <mente/sentidos> to dull

2.

embotarse v pron

se embotó de tanto estudiar — his brain seized up from so much studying

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= blunt, dull.

Ex: It is arguable that such exhortation and implied criticism blunts receptivity and that it is ultimately counterproductive.

Ex: Too much heat, like too much cold, dulls the mind.

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embotar [A1 ]

vt

‹mente/sentidos› to dull

tener que rellenar tantos papeles te embota it's mind-numbing having to fill in all those forms

■ embotarse

v pron

uno se embota de tanto estudiar your brain seizes up o you can't take in any more o you feel as if your head is going to burst (colloq)

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embotar (conjugate embotar) verbo transitivo ‹mente/sentidos› to dull
embotar vtr (los sentidos) to dull
(el intelecto) to befuddle
'embotar' also found in these entries:
English:
dull
- blunt

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embotar

♦ vt

[sentidos, mente] to dull; [cabeza] to make muzzy

♦ See also the pronominal verb embotarse

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embotar vt

1) : to dull, to blunt

2) : to weaken, to enervate