Galician

Verb

alambicar ‎(first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiquei, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill
2. to complicate

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

From the noun alambique ‎(“still”), from Arabic إِنْبِيق ‎(ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ ‎(ámbix).

Verb

alambicar ‎(first-person singular present indicative alambico, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill
2. (by extension) to refine
3. (by extension) to complicate excessively
4. to scrutinize, to examine closely
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become pretentious

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (distill): destilar
• (refine): requintar
• (examine): examinar

Derived terms

• alambicado

Spanish

Etymology

From the noun alambique ‎(“still”), from Arabic إِنْبِيق ‎(ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ ‎(ámbix).

Verb

alambicar ‎(first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiqué, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill
2. to scrutinize, to examine closely
3. to complicate excessively

Conjugation

• c becomes qu before e.