empacho
See also: empachó
English edit
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empacho (uncountable)
- A Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach.
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Attested since the 15th century. Back-formation from empachar
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Noun edit
empacho m (plural empachos)
- (archaic) obstacle
- 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 101:
- que nõ posesẽ en aquel logar vjdes nẽ outro enpacho
- that he shouldn't put in that place vines or another obstacle
- empacho, indigestion
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References edit
- “enpacho” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “empacho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “empacho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “empacho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2 edit
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empacho
Portuguese edit
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empacho
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
empacho m (plural empachos)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
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empacho
Further reading edit
- “empacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014