empachar

== Galician == === Etymology === Attested since 1459 (its derived term empacho since 1457). Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /empaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ === Verb === empachar (first-person singular present empacho, first-person singular preterite empachei, past participle empachado) to obstruct; to entangle; to stuff; to impede 1459, A. López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. 171: (pronominal) to overeat ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== empacho (“obstacle”) === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “enpachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “empachar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “empachar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empachar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “empachar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empachar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Occitan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === empachar to prevent; to inhibit ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== empedegar ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: empatxar → Italian: impacciare (through Provençal) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: em‧pa‧char === Verb === empachar (first-person singular present empacho, first-person singular preterite empachei, past participle empachado) to obstruct Synonyms: obstruir, impedir, obturar, tapar Antonyms: desobstruir, desimpedir to overeat Synonym: empanturrar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== empachado empachamento empacho === Further reading === “empachar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “empachar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /empaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ẽm.paˈt͡ʃaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: em‧pa‧char === Verb === empachar (first-person singular present empacho, first-person singular preterite empaché, past participle empachado) to obstruct (reflexive) to pig out, to stuff oneself (with food), to overeat to cause indigestion (reflexive) to get indigestion ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “empachar”, 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