impale

English

Alternative forms

• empale (obsolete)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin palus.

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /ɪmˈpeɪl/
• Rhymes: -eɪl

Verb

impale (third-person singular simple present impales, present participle impaling, simple past and past participle impaled)

1. to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
2. more generally, to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.

Translations

to pierce with a pale

Bulgarian: набивам на кол (bg) Danish: spidde (da) Dutch: spietsen (nl) Hungarian: karóba húz (hu) Icelandic: stjaksetja, stinga á tein, setja á nál

Macedonian: набива (mk) (nábiva), набодува (mk) (nabóduva) Portuguese: empalar (pt) Russian: сажать на кол (ru) (sažát’ ná kol) impf., посадить на кол (ru) (posadít’ ná kol) pf. Spanish: empalar (es)

to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object

Danish: spidde (da) Dutch: doorboren (nl) Finnish: keihästää (fi), seivästää (fi) Icelandic: reka í gegn

Macedonian: набодува (mk) (nabóduva) Russian: протыкать (ru) (protykát’) impf., проткнуть (ru) (protknút’) pf., пронзать (ru) (pronzát’) impf., пронзить (ru) (pronzít’) pf., прокалывать (ru) (prokályvat’) impf., проколоть (ru) (prokolót’) pf.

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Georgian: განგმირვა (gangmirva) Greek: ανασκολοπίζω (anaskolopizo), καρφώνω (karfono), διατρυπώ (diatripo), (colloquial) παλουκώνω (palukono)