empunhar
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom em- + punho + -ar. Compare Spanish empuñar, Catalan empunyar, Italian impugnare.
Pronunciation
edit- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pũˈɲa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pũˈj̃a(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pũˈɲa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pũˈj̃a(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pũˈɲa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.pũˈj̃a(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pũˈɲa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.pũˈj̃a(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pũˈɲa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pũˈj̃a(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pũˈɲa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pũˈj̃a(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.puˈɲa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.puˈɲa(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: em‧pu‧nhar
Verb
editempunhar (first-person singular present empunho, first-person singular preterite empunhei, past participle empunhado)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of empunhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.