embarquer

board, embark

verb ahn-bar-KEH Less Common

Origin: en- + barque (boat)

Also means

get involved, drag (someone) into

Usage Note

Embarquer originally means to board a ship or aircraft (embarquer à bord = to board). In informal French embarquer quelqu'un means to drag someone into something (il m'a embarqué dans cette histoire = he got me mixed up in this affair). The noun is l'embarquement (boarding). The opposite is débarquer.

Examples

"Les passagers ont embarqué à l'heure prévue."

Natural Translation

The passengers boarded at the scheduled time.

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