empeña

== Galician == === Alternative forms === empenha (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Cognate with Spanish empeine and French empeigne. Perhaps ultimately from Latin pecten (“comb”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /emˈpeɲa/ [emˈpe.ɲɐ] Rhymes: -eɲa Hyphenation: em‧pe‧ña === Noun === empeña f (plural empeñas) (anatomy) instep vamp of a shoe; upper === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empeña”, 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), “empeña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empeña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Further reading === “empeña”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “empeña” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013. == Spanish == === Verb === empeña inflection of empeñar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative