empastar

Catalan

Etymology

From em- +‎ pasta +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pəsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [em.pasˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

empastar (first-person singular present empasto, first-person singular preterite empastí, past participle empastat)

1. (transitive) to cover with paste or glue
2. (transitive) to fill (to treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it)

Related terms

• empastissar

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Etymology

en- +‎ pasta +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empasˈtaɾ/ [ẽm.pasˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to bind (a book)

   Synonym: encuadernar

2. (transitive) to fill (to treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it)

Further reading

• “empastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014