Embolsar - se embolsó en un área específica

[monkey the kid]

Hello everybody!
I need help to translate "embolsar" in this entence:
"...magma caliente que se embolsó en un área específica..."
it means certain amount of magma that "got trapped" somewhere, therefore forming a bubble and, in the end, a cave.
my translation would seem like.
"...hot magma that *insert term* in a specific area..."

I'd be really thankful if you could help

 

[monkey the kid]

hello again
I've found a possible answer to my own question
since a "magma pocket" is somewhat a bubble of magma (which is what I was looking for), I assume that "pocketed" will do fine. I'm going to use it, but would still like someone to confirm my assumptions

thanks

 

[pachanga7]

Hello,

This probably comes too late to help the original asker, but for future consultations, “to form a pocket” is correct.

“To pocket” would be to put something in your pocket, literally or figuratively.

It may be a geologist would have a more technical term for this process.

 

[Peter P]

"...hot magma that pocketed in a specific area..."
That's correct.
Saludos
Peter P.

 

[pachanga7]

Hi Peter P,

I haven’t been able to find any instances nor dictionary entries to substantiate the use of pocket as a verb with the meaning of forming a pocket, not in the context of magma nor in any other context, so if you have any please share them with us.

 

[Peter P]

Hi pachanga7,
What I understand from the text given, the said term “embolsar” is really meaning “formar un bolsón”, whose term in geology and mining is “pocket”.
Saludos
Peter P.

 

[pachanga7]

embolsar = formar un bolsón = to form/make a pocket