empañar

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From paño and pañal, the diversity of senses perhaps arising through the metaphor of covering what once was clear.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /empaˈɲaɾ/ [ẽm.paˈɲaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧pa‧ñar

Verb[edit]

empañar (first-person singular present empaño, first-person singular preterite empañé, past participle empañado)

  1. (transitive) to put a nappy/diaper on
  2. (transitive) to steam up
  3. (transitive) to tarnish
  4. (reflexive) to fog up, steam up, cloud over
    Mis gafas se empañaron tanto que no podía ver nada.
    My glasses fogged up so much that I couldn't see anything.
  5. (reflexive, of tears) to well up

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