empapelar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- + papel + -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.peˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pa.peˈla(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.peˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pa.peˈla(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.peˈla(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.peˈla(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.peˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pa.peˈla(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.peˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pa.peˈla(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.peˈla(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.peˈla(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɐ.pɨˈlaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɐ.pɨˈla.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: em‧pa‧pe‧lar

Verb

empapelar (first-person singular present empapelo, first-person singular preterite empapelei, past participle empapelado)

  1. (transitive) to wallpaper (to cover with wallpaper)
  2. (transitive) to wrap with paper
  3. (transitive, figurative) to protect with great care

Conjugation

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)

  1. (transitive) to wallpaper
  2. (figurative, colloquial, transitive) to throw the book at

Conjugation

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.