empellar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• empeller

Etymology

From empeller, from Latin impellere.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /empeˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /empeˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /empeˈʎaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /empeˈʃaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /empeˈʒaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧pe‧llar

Verb

empellar (first-person singular present empello, first-person singular preterite empellé, past participle empellado)

1. (transitive) to shove; to push

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			empellar
gerund			empellando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		empellado		empellada
		plural		empellados		empelladas
		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	empello	empellastú empellásvos	empella	empellamos	empelláis	empellan
	imperfect	empellaba	empellabas	empellaba	empellábamos	empellabais	empellaban
	preterite	empellé	empellaste	empelló	empellamos	empellasteis	empellaron
	future	empellaré	empellarás	empellará	empellaremos	empellaréis	empellarán
	conditional	empellaría	empellarías	empellaría	empellaríamos	empellaríais	empellarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	empelle	empellestú empellésvos2	empelle	empellemos	empelléis	empellen
	imperfect (ra)	empellara	empellaras	empellara	empelláramos	empellarais	empellaran
	imperfect (se)	empellase	empellases	empellase	empellásemos	empellaseis	empellasen
	future1	empellare	empellares	empellare	empelláremos	empellareis	empellaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		empellatú empellávos	empelle	empellemos	empellad	empellen
	negative		no empelles	no empelle	no empellemos	no empelléis	no empellen

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

    Selected combined forms of empellar

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 empellar
	dative	empellarme	empellarte	empellarle, empellarse	empellarnos	empellaros	empellarles, empellarse
	accusative	empellarme	empellarte	empellarlo, empellarla, empellarse	empellarnos	empellaros	empellarlos, empellarlas, empellarse
with gerund empellando
	dative	empellándome	empellándote	empellándole, empellándose	empellándonos	empellándoos	empellándoles, empellándose
	accusative	empellándome	empellándote	empellándolo, empellándola, empellándose	empellándonos	empellándoos	empellándolos, empellándolas, empellándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative empella
	dative	empéllame	empéllate	empéllale	empéllanos	not used	empéllales
	accusative	empéllame	empéllate	empéllalo, empéllala	empéllanos	not used	empéllalos, empéllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative empellá
	dative	empellame	empellate	empellale	empellanos	not used	empellales
	accusative	empellame	empellate	empellalo, empellala	empellanos	not used	empellalos, empellalas
with formal second-person singular imperative empelle
	dative	empélleme	not used	empéllele, empéllese	empéllenos	not used	empélleles
	accusative	empélleme	not used	empéllelo, empéllela, empéllese	empéllenos	not used	empéllelos, empéllelas
with first-person plural imperative empellemos
	dative	not used	empellémoste	empellémosle	empellémonos	empellémoos	empellémosles
	accusative	not used	empellémoste	empellémoslo, empellémosla	empellémonos	empellémoos	empellémoslos, empellémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative empellad
	dative	empelladme	not used	empelladle	empelladnos	empellaos	empelladles
	accusative	empelladme	not used	empelladlo, empelladla	empelladnos	empellaos	empelladlos, empelladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative empellen
	dative	empéllenme	not used	empéllenle	empéllennos	not used	empéllenles, empéllense
	accusative	empéllenme	not used	empéllenlo, empéllenla	empéllennos	not used	empéllenlos, empéllenlas, empéllense

Further reading

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