emputecer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /emputeˈθeɾ/ [ẽm.pu.t̪eˈθeɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /emputeˈseɾ/ [ẽm.pu.t̪eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pu‧te‧cer
Verb
[edit]emputecer (first-person singular present emputezco, first-person singular preterite emputecí, past participle emputecido)
- (vulgar, transitive) to pimp out, to whore out
- Synonym: prostituir
- ¿Qué tipo de hombre emputecería a su propia hija?
- What kind of man would pimp out his own daughter?
- (vulgar, pronominal) to whore oneself out
- Synonyms: prostituirse, putear
- No quiero que te emputezcas para pagar las facturas.
- I don't want you to whore yourself out to pay the bills.
- (pronominal, vulgar, intransitive, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina) to become enraged, to become overcome in anger
- (colloquial, Rioplatense) to confuse
- (intransitive, vulgar, Rioplatense) to complicate a situation
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of emputecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of emputecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Conjugation of emputecerse (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “emputecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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