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

put to death by piercing with a pale

• Bulgarian: набивам на кол (bg) (nabivam na kol)
• Danish: spidde (da)
• Dutch: spietsen (nl)
• French: empaler (fr)
• 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)

pierce something with any long, pointed object

• Bulgarian: пробождам (bg) (proboždam), пронизвам (bg) (pronizvam), пробода (bg) (proboda), пронижа (bg) (proniža), нанижа (bg) (naniža), нанизвам (bg) (nanizvam)
• Danish: spidde (da)
• Dutch: doorboren (nl)
• Finnish: keihästää (fi), seivästää (fi)
• French: empaler (fr)

• 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)