Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin impellere. Compare the borrowed doublet impeler.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /empeˈʝeɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʝeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /empeˈʎeɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʎeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /empeˈʃeɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʃeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /empeˈʒeɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʒeɾ]

  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧pe‧ller

Verb edit

empeller (first-person singular present empello, first-person singular preterite empellí, past participle empellido)

  1. (transitive) to push

Conjugation edit

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