empreñar
See also: empeñar
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese emprennar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin impraegnāre. Doublet of impregnar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
empreñar (first-person singular present empreño, first-person singular preterite empreñei, past participle empreñado)
- (transitive) to impregnate (to cause to become pregnant)
- Synonym: preñar
- (intransitive) to become pregnant
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of empreñar
References edit
- “emprennar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “enpren” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “empreñar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “empreñar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “empreñar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin impraegnāre. Doublet of impregnar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
empreñar (first-person singular present empreño, first-person singular preterite empreñé, past participle empreñado)
- (transitive) to impregnate (to cause to become pregnant)
- Synonym: preñar
- (colloquial, transitive) to vex, to annoy
- (archaic, transitive) to impregnate (to fill pores or spaces with a substance)
- Synonym: impregnar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of empreñar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of empreñar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “empreñar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014