What does «envarbascar» mean in Spanish?
- Infecting the water with verbascum or other similar substance to stun fish. The mullein plant (Verbascum pulverulentum) was used in the past to make the water muddy so that stunned fish could be caught. Due to the potent alkaloids (relaxing action) of this plant, its leaves used to be crushed and thrown into the water.
- Use any other substance to stun the fish and catch them.
- To confuse, to entangle, to bog down. U.t.c.prnl.
- (envarbascarse) Tool that gets caught in the roots or something similar. Especially when this happens to the plow.
- (envarbascarse) coloq. and Falling madly in love.
♦ Used in: Salvador - Venezuela