empedrar

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From em- +‎ pedra (stone) +‎ -ar.

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empedrar (first-person singular present empedro, first-person singular preterite empedrí, past participle empedrat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to pave

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From en- +‎ pedra.

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empedrar (first-person singular present empedro, first-person singular preterite empedrei, past participle empedrado)

  1. to pave
  2. (archaic, law) to impound, shut up a building

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References[edit]

  • enpedr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • empedrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • empedrar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • empedrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • empedrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From em- +‎ piedra (stone) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /empeˈdɾaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈð̞ɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧pe‧drar

Verb[edit]

empedrar (first-person singular present empiedro, first-person singular preterite empedré, past participle empedrado)

  1. (transitive) to pave
    empedrar o cubrir con piedrasto pave or to cover with stones
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to strew, scatter
    empedrar de citasto strew with quotations

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