embrancar

From en- +‎ branca (“branch”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.bɾəŋˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.bɾaŋˈkaɾ]

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embrancar (first-person singular present embranco, first-person singular preterite embranquí, past participle embrancat)

1. (transitive) to splice, join, connect, continue, to overlap
2. (reflexive) to ramify
3. (reflexive) to get snagged, primarily in branches
4. (figurative, intransitive) to embroil oneself (to draw into a situation)

   Synonyms: enjoncar-se, embolicar-se, enredar-se

• “embrancar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “embrancar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “embrancar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007