embromar

v.

1 to make fun of(informal).

2 to annoy.

3 to ruin. (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish , Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), Carib, River Plate)

4 to tease, to make fun of, to banter.

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embromar

► verbo transitivo

1 to play jokes on, play a trick on, tease

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1. VT

1) (=burlarse de) to tease, make fun of

2) (=engañar) to hoodwink

3) (=engatusar) to wheedle, cajole

4) LAm * (=molestar) to annoy; (=perjudicar) to harm, set back

5) Chile (=atrasar) to delay unnecessarily

2.

See:

embromarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (AmS fam) (molestar) to pester

b) (AmS fam) (estropear) <aparato> to ruin (colloq); <plan> to ruin, spoil

c) (AmS fam) (perjudicar)

la guerra nos embromó a todos — we all suffered because of the war

me embromaste! — now you've really landed me in it! (colloq)

d) (CS fam) (tomar el pelo) to fool, trick; (timar, estafar) to rip... off

no me embromes! — you're kidding o joking! (colloq)

2.

embromar vi (CS fam)

no embromes! — (no molestes) stop being a pest o a pain! (colloq); (no digas) you're kidding!

3.

embromarse v pron

a) (AmS fam) (jorobarse)

que se embrome por estúpido — it serves him right for being so stupid

si no te gusta, te embromas — if you don't like it, tough!

b) (AmS fam) (hacerse daño) to hurt oneself; <rodilla/hígado> to damage, to do ... in (BrE colloq)

c) (AmS fam) aparato/frenos to go wrong

d) (AmS fam) (enfermarse) to get ill (colloq)

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (AmS fam) (molestar) to pester

b) (AmS fam) (estropear) <aparato> to ruin (colloq); <plan> to ruin, spoil

c) (AmS fam) (perjudicar)

la guerra nos embromó a todos — we all suffered because of the war

me embromaste! — now you've really landed me in it! (colloq)

d) (CS fam) (tomar el pelo) to fool, trick; (timar, estafar) to rip... off

no me embromes! — you're kidding o joking! (colloq)

2.

embromar vi (CS fam)

no embromes! — (no molestes) stop being a pest o a pain! (colloq); (no digas) you're kidding!

3.

embromarse v pron

a) (AmS fam) (jorobarse)

que se embrome por estúpido — it serves him right for being so stupid

si no te gusta, te embromas — if you don't like it, tough!

b) (AmS fam) (hacerse daño) to hurt oneself; <rodilla/hígado> to damage, to do ... in (BrE colloq)

c) (AmS fam) aparato/frenos to go wrong

d) (AmS fam) (enfermarse) to get ill (colloq)

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embromar [A1 ]

vt

1 (AmS fam) (molestar) to pester, to hassle (colloq)

2

(CS fam) (tomar el pelo, engañar): lo embromamos, le hicimos creer que … we fooled o tricked him into believing that …

¡no me embromes! you're kidding o joking! (colloq), you're putting me on! (AmE colloq), you're having me on! (BrE colloq)

me embromó, me lo cobró carísimo he ripped me off, he charged me a fortune (colloq)

3 (AmS fam) (estropear) ‹aparato› to ruin (colloq)

la lluvia nos embromó los planes the rain ruined o spoiled our plans

los antibióticos me embromaron el estómago the antibiotics played havoc with my stomach (colloq)

4

(AmS fam) (perjudicar): la guerra nos embromó a todos we all suffered because of the war

no te lo puedo pagar hoy — ¡me embromaste! I can't pay you for it today — now you've really landed me in it! (colloq)

■ embromar

vi

(CS fam)

1

(molestar): ¡déjate de embromar! stop being a pest o a pain! (colloq), stop hassling me! (colloq)

2 (tomar el pelo) to kid (colloq), to put … on (AmE colloq), to have … on (BrE colloq)

¡no embromes! you're kidding o joking!, you're putting o having me on!

■ embromarse

v pron

1

(AmS fam) (fastidiarse): no estaba en casa así que se embromaron they were out of luck because he wasn't at home

que se embrome por estúpido it serves him right o that's what he gets for being so stupid

si no te gusta, te embromas if you don't like it, tough! o tough luck! o you'll just have to lump it! (colloq)

me embromé por no presentarlo a tiempo I messed things up for myself o ruined my chances by not sending it in on time (colloq)

2 (AmS fam) (hacerse daño) to hurt oneself; ‹rodilla› to hurt, to screw up (AmE colloq), to do … in (BrE colloq)

3 (AmS fam) «aparato/frenos» to go wrong

4 (AmS fam) (enfermarse) to get ill (colloq)

5 (refl) (Chi fam) (molestarse) to put oneself out

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embromar (conjugate embromar) verbo transitivo (AmS fam)

a) (molestar) to pester

b) (estropear) ‹aparato› to ruin (colloq);

‹plan› to ruin, spoil

c) (perjudicar):

◊ la guerra nos embromó a todos we all suffered because of the war;

¡me embromaste! now you've really landed me in it! (colloq)
embromarse verbo pronominal (AmS fam)

a) (jorobarse):

◊ que se embrome por estúpido it serves him right for being so stupid;

si no te gusta, te embromas if you don't like it, tough!

b) (hacerse daño) to hurt oneself;

‹rodilla/hígado› to screw up (AmE colloq), to do … in (BrE colloq)

c) (enfermarse) to get ill (colloq)

d) [aparato/frenos] to go wrong

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embromar Fam

♦ vt

1. [tomar el pelo a] to make fun of, Br to take the mickey out of;

la embroman por sus distracciones they make fun of her o Br take the mickey out of her because she's so absent-minded

2. [fastidiar] to annoy;

deja de embromar a tu hermano stop annoying your brother

3. Andes, Carib, RP [engañar] to rip off, to cheat;

ahí siempre embroman a los clientes they always rip the customers off there

4. Andes, Carib, RP [estropear] to ruin;

la computadora le embromó la vista the computer ruined his eyesight

5. Andes, Carib, RP [para expresar sorpresa]

se ganó la lotería – ¡no me embromes! he won the lottery – you're kidding!

♦ vi

Andes, Carib, RP

1. [fastidiar]

¡pará de embromar! stop being such a pest o pain!;

parás de llorar ya mismo, ¡qué embromar! stop crying this minute, I'm not having this!

2. [para expresar sorpresa]

nos divorciamos – ¡no embromes! we're getting divorced – you're kidding!

♦ See also the pronominal verb embromarse

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embromar

v/t Rpl fam (molestar) annoy