empañar

== Spanish == === Etymology === From paño and pañal, the diversity of senses perhaps arising through the metaphor of covering what once was clear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /empaˈɲaɾ/ [ẽm.paˈɲaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: em‧pa‧ñar === Verb === empañar (first-person singular present empaño, first-person singular preterite empañé, past participle empañado) (transitive) to put a nappy/diaper on (transitive) to steam up (transitive) to tarnish (reflexive) to fog up, steam up, cloud over (reflexive, of tears) to well up ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “empañar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025