My uncle says he's about to embark on a new business venture.
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Embark
//ɪmˈbɑːk//
Synonyms for "embark" (72 found)
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69 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- صَعِدَ verb (to get on a boat)
Armenian
1 entries- նավ նստել verb (to get on a boat)
Basque
1 entries- itsasoratu verb (to get on a boat)
Bulgarian
2 entries- качвам се на кораб verb (to get on a boat)
- предприемам verb (to start)
Catalan
1 entries- embarcar verb (to get on a boat)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 上船 verb (to get on a boat)
- 乘船 verb (to get on a boat)
- 登船 verb (to get on a boat)
Czech
2 entries- nalodit verb (to get on a boat)
- nalodit se verb (to get on a boat)
Dutch
2 entries- beginnen verb (to start)
- starten verb (to start)
Esperanto
1 entries- enŝipiĝi verb (to get on a boat)
Finnish
3 entries- aloittaa verb (to start)
- lähteä verb (to start)
- nousta verb (to get on a boat)
French
2 entries- embarquer verb (to get on a boat)
- monter verb (to get on a boat)
Galician
1 entries- embarcar verb (to get on a boat)
German
4 entries- an Bord gehen verb (to get on a boat)
- antreten verb (to start)
- beginnen verb (to start)
- einschiffen verb (to get on a boat)
Greek
2 entries- επιβιβάζομαι verb (to get on a boat)
- μπαρκάρω verb (to get on a boat)
Hungarian
4 entries- belefog verb (to start)
- belevág verb (to start)
- beszáll verb (to get on a boat)
- elkezd verb (to start)
Italian
4 entries- cacciarsi verb (to start)
- imbarcare verb (to get on a boat)
- imbarcare verb (to start)
- imbarcarsi verb (to start)
Japanese
2 entries- 乗る verb (to get on a boat)
- 乗船する verb (to get on a boat)
Khmer
1 entries- ជិះ verb (to get on a boat)
Korean
1 entries- 타다 verb (to get on a boat)
Manx
1 entries- cur er boayrd verb (to get on a boat)
Māori
2 entries- eke verb (to get on a boat)
- hikihiki verb (to start)
Polish
2 entries- ambarkować się verb (to get on a boat)
- wejść na pokład verb (to get on a boat)
Portuguese
2 entries- começar verb (to start)
- embarcar verb (to get on a boat)
Romanian
1 entries- îmbarca verb (to get on a boat)
Russian
4 entries- нача́ть verb (to start)
- начина́ть verb (to start)
- сади́ться на кора́бль verb (to get on a boat)
- сесть на кора́бль verb (to get on a boat)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- ukrcati verb (to get on a boat)
Spanish
2 entries- embarcar verb (to get on a boat)
- embarcarse verb (to start)
Swedish
4 entries- begynna verb (to start)
- embarkera verb (to get on a boat)
- ombordstiga verb (to get on a boat)
- påbörja verb (to start)
Tocharian B
1 entries- mit verb (to start)
Turkish
1 entries- binmek verb (to get on a boat)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lên tàu verb (to get on a boat)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.
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Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
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One day you wake up like a skylark, a winged express at its fastest, devising pursuits to embark on, but this disappears by breakfast.
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