emperchar

Spanish

Etymology

From percha.

Verb

emperchar (first-person singular present empercho, first-person singular preterite emperché, past participle emperchado)

1. to hang on a perch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emperchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			emperchar
gerund			emperchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		emperchado		emperchada
		plural		emperchados		emperchadas
		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	empercho	emperchastú emperchásvos	empercha	emperchamos	empercháis	emperchan
	imperfect	emperchaba	emperchabas	emperchaba	emperchábamos	emperchabais	emperchaban
	preterite	emperché	emperchaste	emperchó	emperchamos	emperchasteis	empercharon
	future	empercharé	empercharás	emperchará	empercharemos	empercharéis	empercharán
	conditional	empercharía	empercharías	empercharía	empercharíamos	empercharíais	empercharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	emperche	emperchestú emperchésvos2	emperche	emperchemos	emperchéis	emperchen
	imperfect (ra)	emperchara	empercharas	emperchara	empercháramos	empercharais	empercharan
	imperfect (se)	emperchase	emperchases	emperchase	emperchásemos	emperchaseis	emperchasen
	future1	emperchare	emperchares	emperchare	empercháremos	emperchareis	empercharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		emperchatú emperchávos	emperche	emperchemos	emperchad	emperchen
	negative		no emperches	no emperche	no emperchemos	no emperchéis	no emperchen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of emperchar

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 emperchar
	dative	empercharme	empercharte	empercharle, empercharse	empercharnos	empercharos	empercharles, empercharse
	accusative	empercharme	empercharte	empercharlo, empercharla, empercharse	empercharnos	empercharos	empercharlos, empercharlas, empercharse
with gerund emperchando
	dative	emperchándome	emperchándote	emperchándole, emperchándose	emperchándonos	emperchándoos	emperchándoles, emperchándose
	accusative	emperchándome	emperchándote	emperchándolo, emperchándola, emperchándose	emperchándonos	emperchándoos	emperchándolos, emperchándolas, emperchándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative empercha
	dative	empérchame	empérchate	empérchale	empérchanos	not used	empérchales
	accusative	empérchame	empérchate	empérchalo, empérchala	empérchanos	not used	empérchalos, empérchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative emperchá
	dative	emperchame	emperchate	emperchale	emperchanos	not used	emperchales
	accusative	emperchame	emperchate	emperchalo, emperchala	emperchanos	not used	emperchalos, emperchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative emperche
	dative	empércheme	not used	empérchele, empérchese	empérchenos	not used	empércheles
	accusative	empércheme	not used	empérchelo, empérchela, empérchese	empérchenos	not used	empérchelos, empérchelas
with first-person plural imperative emperchemos
	dative	not used	emperchémoste	emperchémosle	emperchémonos	emperchémoos	emperchémosles
	accusative	not used	emperchémoste	emperchémoslo, emperchémosla	emperchémonos	emperchémoos	emperchémoslos, emperchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative emperchad
	dative	emperchadme	not used	emperchadle	emperchadnos	emperchaos	emperchadles
	accusative	emperchadme	not used	emperchadlo, emperchadla	emperchadnos	emperchaos	emperchadlos, emperchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative emperchen
	dative	empérchenme	not used	empérchenle	empérchennos	not used	empérchenles, empérchense
	accusative	empérchenme	not used	empérchenlo, empérchenla	empérchennos	not used	empérchenlos, empérchenlas, empérchense

Further reading

• “emperchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014