empollar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish empollar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əm.puˈʎa] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əm.poˈʎa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [em.poˈʎaɾ] === Verb === empollar (first-person singular present empollo, first-person singular preterite empollí, past participle empollat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/ (colloquial) to swot, to cram (to study hard) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “empollar”, 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 == Spanish == === Etymology === From en- +‎ pollo +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: em‧po‧llar === Verb === empollar (first-person singular present empollo, first-person singular preterite empollé, past participle empollado) to incubate, brood Synonym: incubar (colloquial, derogatory) swot (to study hard) Synonym: chapar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “empollar”, 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