empalar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin impālāre, from Latin pālus. By surface analysis, en- + pal + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pəˈla]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [em.paˈlaɾ]
=== Verb ===
empalar (first-person singular present empalo, first-person singular preterite empalí, past participle empalat)
to impale
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
empalament
==== Related terms ====
pal
=== Further reading ===
“empalar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“empalar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“empalar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“empalar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Ido ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English impale, French empaler, Italian impalare, Spanish empalar.
=== Verb ===
empalar (present tense empalas, past tense empalis, future tense empalos, imperative empalez, conditional empalus)
(transitive) to impale, fix on a sharp stake
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
empaletar (“to impale an insect”)
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish empalar. Compare Catalan empalar, French empaler, Italian impalare, Romanian împăra.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: em‧pa‧lar
=== Verb ===
empalar (first-person singular present empalo, first-person singular preterite empalei, past participle empalado)
to impale (put to death by piercing with a pale)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
empalamento
==== Related terms ====
pau
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“empalar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin impālāre, from Latin pālus. By surface analysis, en- + palo + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /empaˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.paˈlaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: em‧pa‧lar
=== Verb ===
empalar (first-person singular present empalo, first-person singular preterite empalé, past participle empalado)
to impale
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Portuguese: empalar
=== Further reading ===
“empalar”, 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