See also: empena and empeñá

Galician edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Portuguese empenha, Spanish empeine and French empeigne. Perhaps ultimately from Latin pecten (comb).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

empeña f (plural empeñas)

  1. (anatomy) instep
  2. vamp of a shoe; upper

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “empeine II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish edit

Verb edit

empeña

  1. inflection of empeñar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative