empacar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.paˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈka(h)], /ĩ.paˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.paˈka(ɾ)/, /ĩ.paˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.paˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈka(χ)], /ĩ.paˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈka(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.paˈka(ɻ)/, /ĩ.paˈka(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɐˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɐˈka.ɾi/

Hyphenation: em‧pa‧car

Verb

empacar (first-person singular present empaco, first-person singular preterite empaquei, past participle empacado)

to jib (to stop and refuse to proceed)
(figurative) to stop growing or improving

Conjugation

Conjugation of empacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	empacar
Personal	empacar	empacares	empacar	empacarmos	empacardes	empacarem
Gerund
	empacando
Past participle
Masculine	empacado			empacados
Feminine	empacada			empacadas
Indicative
Present	empaco	empacas	empaca	empacamos	empacais	empacam
Imperfect	empacava	empacavas	empacava	empacávamos	empacáveis	empacavam
Preterite	empaquei	empacaste	empacou	empacamos¹, empacámos²	empacastes	empacaram
Pluperfect	empacara	empacaras	empacara	empacáramos	empacáreis	empacaram
Future	empacarei	empacarás	empacará	empacaremos	empacareis	empacarão
Conditional	empacaria	empacarias	empacaria	empacaríamos	empacaríeis	empacariam
Subjunctive
Present	empaque	empaques	empaque	empaquemos	empaqueis	empaquem
Imperfect	empacasse	empacasses	empacasse	empacássemos	empacásseis	empacassem
Future	empacar	empacares	empacar	empacarmos	empacardes	empacarem
Imperative
Affirmative		empaca	empaque	empaquemos	empacai	empaquem
Negative (não)		não empaques	não empaque	não empaquemos	não empaqueis	não empaquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish em-

Proto-Germanic *pakkō

Frankish *pakkō

Old Dutch *pakko

Middle Dutch pakbor.

Old French pacquebor.

Spanish paca

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish empacar

From em- + paca (“package; bundle”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /empaˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.paˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: em‧pa‧car

Verb

empacar (first-person singular present empaco, first-person singular preterite empaqué, past participle empacado)

(transitive) to pack, pack away, pack up
¿Quiere empacar el resto para llevar? ― Do you want to pack the rest to go?
to bale
(Colombia, transitive) to anger
(Argentina, Lunfardo) to get together
(Argentina, Lunfardo) to save money
(Argentina, Lunfardo) to deceive or fool in order to get something belonging to another
(reflexive) to pack up

Conjugation

Conjugation of empacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			empacar
gerund			empacando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		empacado		empacada
		plural		empacados		empacadas
		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	empaco	empacas^{^tú} empacás^{^vos}	empaca	empacamos	empacáis	empacan
	imperfect	empacaba	empacabas	empacaba	empacábamos	empacabais	empacaban
	preterite	empaqué	empacaste	empacó	empacamos	empacasteis	empacaron
	future	empacaré	empacarás	empacará	empacaremos	empacaréis	empacarán
	conditional	empacaría	empacarías	empacaría	empacaríamos	empacaríais	empacarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	empaque	empaques^{^tú} empaqués^{^vos²}	empaque	empaquemos	empaquéis	empaquen
	imperfect (ra)	empacara	empacaras	empacara	empacáramos	empacarais	empacaran
	imperfect (se)	empacase	empacases	empacase	empacásemos	empacaseis	empacasen
	future¹	empacare	empacares	empacare	empacáremos	empacareis	empacaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		empaca^{^tú} empacá^{^vos}	empaque	empaquemos	empacad	empaquen
	negative		no empaques	no empaque	no empaquemos	no empaquéis	no empaquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of empacar (c-qu alternation)

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 empacar	dative	empacarme	empacarte	empacarle, empacarse	empacarnos	empacaros	empacarles, empacarse
with infinitive empacar	accusative	empacarme	empacarte	empacarlo, empacarla, empacarse	empacarnos	empacaros	empacarlos, empacarlas, empacarse

with gerund empacando	dative	empacándome	empacándote	empacándole, empacándose	empacándonos	empacándoos	empacándoles, empacándose
with gerund empacando	accusative	empacándome	empacándote	empacándolo, empacándola, empacándose	empacándonos	empacándoos	empacándolos, empacándolas, empacándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative empaca	dative	empácame	empácate	empácale	empácanos	not used	empácales
	accusative	empácame	empácate	empácalo, empácala	empácanos	not used	empácalos, empácalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative empacá	dative	empacame	empacate	empacale	empacanos	not used	empacales
	accusative	empacame	empacate	empacalo, empacala	empacanos	not used	empacalos, empacalas

with formal second-person singular imperative empaque	dative	empáqueme	not used	empáquele, empáquese	empáquenos	not used	empáqueles
with formal second-person singular imperative empaque	accusative	empáqueme	not used	empáquelo, empáquela, empáquese	empáquenos	not used	empáquelos, empáquelas

with first-person plural imperative empaquemos	dative	not used	empaquémoste	empaquémosle	empaquémonos	empaquémoos	empaquémosles
with first-person plural imperative empaquemos	accusative	not used	empaquémoste	empaquémoslo, empaquémosla	empaquémonos	empaquémoos	empaquémoslos, empaquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative empacad	dative	empacadme	not used	empacadle	empacadnos	empacaos	empacadles
with informal second-person plural imperative empacad	accusative	empacadme	not used	empacadlo, empacadla	empacadnos	empacaos	empacadlos, empacadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative empaquen	dative	empáquenme	not used	empáquenle	empáquennos	not used	empáquenles, empáquense
with formal second-person plural imperative empaquen	accusative	empáquenme	not used	empáquenlo, empáquenla	empáquennos	not used	empáquenlos, empáquenlas, empáquense

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