empènyer

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === empényer (Valencia) empenyir === Etymology === Inherited from Latin impingere. Compare Occitan empénher. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əmˈpɛ.ɲə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əmˈpə.ɲə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [emˈpe.ɲeɾ] === Verb === empènyer (first-person singular present empenyo, first-person singular preterite empenyí, past participle empès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (transitive) to push, to shove (transitive, figurative) to impel (transitive, colloquial) to sack, to fire ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== empenta empenyedor empenyiment === References === “empènyer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.