From en- + puño + -ar. Compare Portuguese empunhar, Catalan empunyar, Italian impugnare. Compare English impugn.
- IPA(key): /empuˈɲaɾ/ [ẽm.puˈɲaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pu‧ñar
empuñar (first-person singular present empuño, first-person singular preterite empuñé, past participle empuñado)
- (transitive) to clutch, grasp or brandish by the handle, to take up
- (transitive) to wield
- Synonym: blandir
- (transitive) to obtain
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of empuñar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive empuñar
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dative
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empuñarme
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empuñarte
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empuñarle, empuñarse
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empuñarnos
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empuñaros
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empuñarles, empuñarse
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accusative
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empuñarme
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empuñarte
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empuñarlo, empuñarla, empuñarse
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empuñarnos
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empuñaros
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empuñarlos, empuñarlas, empuñarse
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with gerund empuñando
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dative
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empuñándome
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empuñándote
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empuñándole, empuñándose
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empuñándonos
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empuñándoos
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empuñándoles, empuñándose
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accusative
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empuñándome
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empuñándote
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empuñándolo, empuñándola, empuñándose
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empuñándonos
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empuñándoos
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empuñándolos, empuñándolas, empuñándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative empuña
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dative
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empúñame
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empúñate
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empúñale
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empúñanos
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not used
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empúñales
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accusative
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empúñame
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empúñate
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empúñalo, empúñala
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empúñanos
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not used
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empúñalos, empúñalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative empuñá
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dative
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empuñame
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empuñate
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empuñale
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empuñanos
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not used
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empuñales
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accusative
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empuñame
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empuñate
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empuñalo, empuñala
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empuñanos
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not used
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empuñalos, empuñalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative empuñe
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dative
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empúñeme
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not used
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empúñele, empúñese
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empúñenos
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not used
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empúñeles
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accusative
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empúñeme
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not used
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empúñelo, empúñela, empúñese
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empúñenos
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not used
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empúñelos, empúñelas
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with first-person plural imperative empuñemos
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dative
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not used
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empuñémoste
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empuñémosle
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empuñémonos
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empuñémoos
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empuñémosles
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accusative
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not used
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empuñémoste
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empuñémoslo, empuñémosla
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empuñémonos
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empuñémoos
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empuñémoslos, empuñémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative empuñad
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dative
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empuñadme
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not used
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empuñadle
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empuñadnos
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empuñaos
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empuñadles
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accusative
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empuñadme
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not used
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empuñadlo, empuñadla
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empuñadnos
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empuñaos
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empuñadlos, empuñadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative empuñen
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dative
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empúñenme
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not used
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empúñenle
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empúñennos
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not used
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empúñenles, empúñense
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accusative
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empúñenme
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not used
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empúñenlo, empúñenla
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empúñennos
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not used
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empúñenlos, empúñenlas, empúñense
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