empedrar

Catalan

Etymology

From em- +‎ pedra (“stone”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pəˈðɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.peˈðɾaɾ]
• Homophone: empedrà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

empedrar (first-person singular present empedro, first-person singular preterite empedrí, past participle empedrat)

1. (transitive) to pave

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Galician

Etymology

From en- +‎ pedra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empeˈðɾaɾ/

Verb

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

Related terms

• pedra

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enpedr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empedrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

From em- +‎ pedra (“stone”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empeˈdɾaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈð̞ɾaɾ]

Verb

1. to pave

   empedrar o cubrir con piedras ― to pave or to cover with stones

2. (figuratively) to strew, scatter

   empedrar de citas ― to strew with quotations

Derived terms

• el infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones

See also

• adoquinar
• pavimentar