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1 embotar
v.1 to dull (sentidos).tenía la mente embotada de tanto estudiar his mind had been dulled by so much studyingEl 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.* * *1 (arma etc) to blunt1 (arma etc) to become blunt* * *VT1) [+ objeto] to blunt2) [+ sentidos] to dull, blunt; (=debilitar) to weaken, enervate* * *1.verbo transitivo <mente/sentidos> to dull2.embotarse v pron* * *= 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.* * *1.verbo transitivo <mente/sentidos> to dull2.embotarse v pron* * *= 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.* * *embotar [A1 ]vt‹mente/sentidos› to dulltener que rellenar tantos papeles te embota it's mind-numbing having to fill in all those formsuno 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)* * *
embotar ( conjugate embotar) verbo transitivo ‹mente/sentidos› to dull
embotar vtr (los sentidos) to dull
(el intelecto) to befuddle
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English:
dull
- blunt
* * *♦ vt[sentidos, mente] to dull; [cabeza] to make muzzy* * *embotar vt1) : to dull, to blunt2) : to weaken, to enervate
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