empeña

empeña

See also: empena and empeñá

Galician

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese empenha, Spanish empeine and French empeigne. Perhaps ultimately from Latin pecten (“comb”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emˈpeɲɐ]

Noun

empeña f (plural empeñas)

1. (anatomy) instep
2. vamp of a shoe; upper

References

• “empeña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “empeña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “empeña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “empeine II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Spanish

Verb

empeña

1. inflection of empeñar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative