empalar
Catalan
Etymology
From en- + pal + -ar, or from Late Latin impālāre, present active infinitive of impālō, from Latin pālus (“stake”). Compare Portuguese empalar, French empaler, Italian impalare, Romanian împăra.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əm.pəˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /em.paˈlaɾ/
Verb
empalar (first-person singular present empalo, past participle empalat)
- to impale
Conjugation
Conjugation of empalar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | empalar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | empalant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | empalat | empalada | |||||
| plural | empalats | empalades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | empalo | empales | empala | empalem | empaleu | empalen | |
| imperfect | empalava | empalaves | empalava | empalàvem | empalàveu | empalaven | |
| future | empalaré | empalaràs | empalarà | empalarem | empalareu | empalaran | |
| preterite | empalí | empalares | empalà | empalàrem | empalàreu | empalaren | |
| conditional | empalaria | empalaries | empalaria | empalaríem | empalaríeu | empalarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | empali | empalis | empali | empalem | empaleu | empalin | |
| imperfect | empalés | empalessis | empalés | empaléssim | empaléssiu | empalessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | empala | empali | empalem | empaleu | empalin | ||
Derived terms
- empalament
Related terms
- pal
Further reading
- “empalar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “empalar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “empalar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “empalar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English impale, French empaler, Italian impalare, Spanish empalar.
Verb
empalar (present tense empalas, past tense empalis, future tense empalos, imperative empalez, conditional empalus)
- (transitive) to impale, fix on a sharp stake
Conjugation
Conjugation of empalar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | empalar | empalir | empalor | ||||
| tense | empalas | empalis | empalos | ||||
| conditional | empalus | ||||||
| imperative | empalez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | empalanta | empalinta | empalonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | empalante | empalinte | empalonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | empalanto | empalinto | empalonto | |||
| plural | empalanti | empalinti | empalonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | empalata | empalita | empalota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | empalate | empalite | empalote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | empalato | empalito | empaloto | |||
| plural | empalati | empaliti | empaloti | ||||
Derived terms
- empaletar (“to impale an insect”)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish empalar.[1][2] Compare Catalan empalar, French empaler, Italian impalare, Romanian împăra.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈla(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈla(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈla(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈla(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɐˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: em‧pa‧lar
Verb
empalar (first-person singular present empalo, first-person singular preterite empalei, past participle empalado)
- to impale (put to death by piercing with a pale)
Conjugation
Conjugation of empalar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | empalar | |||||
| Personal | empalar | empalares | empalar | empalarmos | empalardes | empalarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| empalando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | empalado | empalados | ||||
| Feminine | empalada | empaladas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | empalo | empalas | empala | empalamos | empalais | empalam |
| Imperfect | empalava | empalavas | empalava | empalávamos | empaláveis | empalavam |
| Preterite | empalei | empalaste | empalou | empalamos1, empalámos2 | empalastes | empalaram |
| Pluperfect | empalara | empalaras | empalara | empaláramos | empaláreis | empalaram |
| Future | empalarei | empalarás | empalará | empalaremos | empalareis | empalarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| empalaria | empalarias | empalaria | empalaríamos | empalaríeis | empalariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | empale | empales | empale | empalemos | empaleis | empalem |
| Imperfect | empalasse | empalasses | empalasse | empalássemos | empalásseis | empalassem |
| Future | empalar | empalares | empalar | empalarmos | empalardes | empalarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | empala | empale | empalemos | empalai | empalem | |
| Negative (não) | não empales | não empale | não empalemos | não empaleis | não empalem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Derived terms
- empalamento
Related terms
- pau
References
- “empalar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “empalar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From em- + palo + -ar, or from Late Latin impālāre, present active infinitive of impālō, from Latin pālus (“stake”). Compare Catalan empalar, French empaler, Italian impalare, Romanian împăra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /empaˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.paˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pa‧lar
Verb
empalar (first-person singular present empalo, first-person singular preterite empalé, past participle empalado)
- to impale
Conjugation
Conjugation of empalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | empalar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | empalando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | empalado | empalada | |||||
| plural | empalados | empaladas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | empalo | empalastú empalásvos | empala | empalamos | empaláis | empalan | |
| imperfect | empalaba | empalabas | empalaba | empalábamos | empalabais | empalaban | |
| preterite | empalé | empalaste | empaló | empalamos | empalasteis | empalaron | |
| future | empalaré | empalarás | empalará | empalaremos | empalaréis | empalarán | |
| conditional | empalaría | empalarías | empalaría | empalaríamos | empalaríais | empalarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | empale | empalestú empalésvos2 | empale | empalemos | empaléis | empalen | |
| imperfect (ra) | empalara | empalaras | empalara | empaláramos | empalarais | empalaran | |
| imperfect (se) | empalase | empalases | empalase | empalásemos | empalaseis | empalasen | |
| future1 | empalare | empalares | empalare | empaláremos | empalareis | empalaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | empalatú empalávos | empale | empalemos | empalad | empalen | ||
| negative | no empales | no empale | no empalemos | no empaléis | no empalen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of empalar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive empalar | |||||||
| dative | empalarme | empalarte | empalarle, empalarse | empalarnos | empalaros | empalarles, empalarse | |
| accusative | empalarme | empalarte | empalarlo, empalarla, empalarse | empalarnos | empalaros | empalarlos, empalarlas, empalarse | |
| with gerund empalando | |||||||
| dative | empalándome | empalándote | empalándole, empalándose | empalándonos | empalándoos | empalándoles, empalándose | |
| accusative | empalándome | empalándote | empalándolo, empalándola, empalándose | empalándonos | empalándoos | empalándolos, empalándolas, empalándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative empala | |||||||
| dative | empálame | empálate | empálale | empálanos | not used | empálales | |
| accusative | empálame | empálate | empálalo, empálala | empálanos | not used | empálalos, empálalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative empalá | |||||||
| dative | empalame | empalate | empalale | empalanos | not used | empalales | |
| accusative | empalame | empalate | empalalo, empalala | empalanos | not used | empalalos, empalalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative empale | |||||||
| dative | empáleme | not used | empálele, empálese | empálenos | not used | empáleles | |
| accusative | empáleme | not used | empálelo, empálela, empálese | empálenos | not used | empálelos, empálelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative empalemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | empalémoste | empalémosle | empalémonos | empalémoos | empalémosles | |
| accusative | not used | empalémoste | empalémoslo, empalémosla | empalémonos | empalémoos | empalémoslos, empalémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative empalad | |||||||
| dative | empaladme | not used | empaladle | empaladnos | empalaos | empaladles | |
| accusative | empaladme | not used | empaladlo, empaladla | empaladnos | empalaos | empaladlos, empaladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative empalen | |||||||
| dative | empálenme | not used | empálenle | empálennos | not used | empálenles, empálense | |
| accusative | empálenme | not used | empálenlo, empálenla | empálennos | not used | empálenlos, empálenlas, empálense | |
Derived terms
- empalamiento
Related terms
- palo
Descendants
- → Portuguese: empalar
Further reading
- “empalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014