empapelar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From en- + papel + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: em‧pa‧pe‧lar
=== Verb ===
empapelar (first-person singular present empapelo, first-person singular preterite empapelei, past participle empapelado)
(transitive) to wallpaper (to cover with wallpaper)
(transitive) to wrap with paper
(transitive, figurative) to protect with great care
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“empapelar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“empapelar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From en- + papel + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /empapeˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.pa.peˈlaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: em‧pa‧pe‧lar
=== Verb ===
empapelar (first-person singular present empapelo, first-person singular preterite empapelé, past participle empapelado)
(transitive) to wallpaper
(figurative, colloquial, transitive) to throw the book at
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“empapelar”, 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