empeña

See also: empena and empeñá

Galician

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese empenha, Spanish empeine and French empeigne. Perhaps ultimately from Latin pecten (“comb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emˈpeɲɐ]

Noun

empeña f (plural empeñas)

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

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empeña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empeña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empeña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Verb

empeña

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