empreñar

== Galician == === Alternative forms === emprenhar (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese emprennar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin impraegnāre. Doublet of impregnar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /empɾeˈɲaɾ/ [em.pɾeˈɲaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: em‧pre‧ñar === Verb === empreñar (first-person singular present empreño, first-person singular preterite empreñei, past participle empreñado) (transitive) to impregnate (to cause to become pregnant) Synonym: preñar (intransitive) to become pregnant ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “emprennar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “enpren”, 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), “empreñar”, 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), “empreñar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empreñar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Further reading === “empreñar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin impraegnāre. Doublet of impregnar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /empɾeˈɲaɾ/ [ẽm.pɾeˈɲaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: em‧pre‧ñar === Verb === empreñar (first-person singular present empreño, first-person singular preterite empreñé, past participle empreñado) (transitive) to impregnate (to cause to become pregnant) Synonym: preñar (colloquial, transitive) to vex, to annoy (archaic, transitive) to impregnate (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) Synonym: impregnar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “empreñar”, 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