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2025
imbarazzo
imbarazzo
See also:
imbarazzò
Italian
Noun
imbarazzo
m
(
plural
imbarazzi
)
obstacle
,
[1]
trouble
,
difficulty
embarrassment
,
awkwardness
Synonyms
difficoltà
,
disagio
,
impiccio
,
disturbo
Related terms
imbarazzare
imbarazzato
Verb
imbarazzo
first-person singular present of
imbarazzare
References
1
2
Vocabulario Treccani
Etymology
Either:
from
Spanish
embarazo
,
[1]
or
from
imbarrare
(
“
to block, to bar
”
)
, from
in-
+
barra
(
“
bar
”
)
+
-are
, cf.
embarrass
.
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