Claro que a semelhança entre embarrass e embaraçar é notória, mas o que eu não sabia é que embarrass tem origem portuguesa e tem a ver com baraça, palavra que tampouco conhecia.
If you've ever been so embarrassed that you felt like you were caught up in a noose of shame you may have some insight into the origins of the word "embarrass." The word can be traced back through French and Spanish to the Portuguese word "embaraçar," which was itself probably formed as a combination of the prefix "em-" (from Latin "in-") and "baraça," the Portuguese word for "noose." Though "embarrass" has had various meanings throughout its history in English, these days it most often implies making someone feel or look foolish.
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