emprenyar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin impraegnāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
emprenyar (first-person singular present emprenyo, first-person singular preterite emprenyí, past participle emprenyat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (colloquial, transitive) to annoy, bother, piss off
- Synonyms: empipar, enfadar, enutjar, fastiguejar
- (colloquial, reflexive) to get annoyed, bothered, pissed off
- (transitive) to impregnate (to cause to become pregnant)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of emprenyar (first conjugation)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “emprenyar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “emprenyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “emprenyar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024