See also: embolo Spanish Etymology From Latin embolus, from Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos). Pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈembolo/ [ˈẽm.bo.lo] Rhymes: -embolo Syllabification: ém‧bo‧lo Noun émbolo m (plural émbolos) piston Synonym: pistón (pathology) embolus (an obstruction causing an embolism) Derived terms cafetera de émbolo Related terms embolia Further reading “émbolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.