empollar

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Borrowed from Spanish empollar.

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empollar (first-person singular present empollo, first-person singular preterite empollí, past participle empollat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

  1. (colloquial) to swot, to cram (to study hard)

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Etymology[edit]

From en- +‎ pollo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /empoˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.poˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /empoˈʎaɾ/ [ẽm.poˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /empoˈʃaɾ/ [ẽm.poˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /empoˈʒaɾ/ [ẽm.poˈʒaɾ]

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

Verb[edit]

empollar (first-person singular present empollo, first-person singular preterite empollé, past participle empollado)

  1. to incubate, brood
    Synonym: incubar
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) swot (to study hard)
    Synonym: chapar

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