empellar

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From empeller, from Latin impellere.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /empeˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /empeˈʎaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /empeˈʃaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /empeˈʒaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧pe‧llar

Verb

empellar (first-person singular present empello, first-person singular preterite empellé, past participle empellado)

  1. (transitive) to shove; to push

Conjugation

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