empalar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ pal +‎ -ar, or from Late Latin impālāre, present active infinitive of impālō, from Latin pālus (“stake”). Compare Portuguese empalar, French empaler, Italian impalare, Romanian împăra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.paˈlaɾ]

Verb

empalar (first-person singular present empalo, first-person singular preterite empalí, past participle empalat)

1. to impale

Derived terms

• empalament

Related terms

• pal

Further reading

• “empalar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “empalar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “empalar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “empalar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English impale, French empaler, Italian impalare, Spanish empalar.

Verb

empalar (present tense empalas, past tense empalis, future tense empalos, imperative empalez, conditional empalus)

1. (transitive) to impale, fix on a sharp stake

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empalar

		present		past		future
infinitive		empalar		empalir		empalor
tense		empalas		empalis		empalos
conditional		empalus
imperative		empalez
adjective active participle		empalanta		empalinta		empalonta
adverbial active participle		empalante		empalinte		empalonte
nominal active participle	singular	empalanto		empalinto		empalonto
	plural	empalanti		empalinti		empalonti
adjective passive participle		empalata		empalita		empalota
adverbial passive participle		empalate		empalite		empalote
nominal passive participle	singular	empalato		empalito		empaloto
	plural	empalati		empaliti		empaloti

Derived terms

• empaletar (“to impale an insect”)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin impālāre, present active infinitive of impālō (possibly through Spanish empalar), from Latin pālus (“stake”). Compare Catalan empalar, French empaler, Italian impalare, Romanian împăra.

Verb

1. to impale (put to death by piercing with a pale)

Related terms

• pau

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Spanish

Etymology

From em- +‎ palo +‎ -ar, or from Late Latin impālāre, present active infinitive of impālō, from Latin pālus (“stake”). Compare Catalan empalar, French empaler, Italian impalare, Romanian împăra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empaˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.paˈlaɾ]

Verb

1. to impale

Related terms

• palo

References

• Template:R:DRAE 2001