empacho

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish empacho. === Noun === empacho (uncountable) A Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach. == Galician == === Etymology 1 === Attested since the 15th century. Back-formation from empachar ==== Alternative forms ==== empache ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [emˈpat͡ʃʊ] ==== Noun ==== empacho m (plural empachos) (archaic) obstacle empacho, indigestion ===== Related terms ===== empachar ==== References ==== Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “enpacho”, 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), “empacho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empacho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empacho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== empacho first-person singular present indicative of empachar == Portuguese == === Verb === empacho first-person singular present indicative of empachar == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /emˈpat͡ʃo/ [ẽmˈpa.t͡ʃo] Rhymes: -atʃo Syllabification: em‧pa‧cho === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from empachar. ==== Noun ==== empacho m (plural empachos) shame, embarrassment empacho ===== Descendants ===== → English: empacho → Cebuano: empatso → Hiligaynon: impatso → Tagalog: empatso === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== empacho first-person singular present indicative of empachar === Further reading === “empacho”, 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