empenar

See also: empeñar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1257. From en- + pena (feather; vane) + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [empeˈnaɾ]

Verb

empenar (first-person singular present empeno, first-person singular preterite empenei, past participle empenado)

  1. to warp
    Synonyms: abarcular, cambar, lorear, pandar
    Antonym: desempenar
  2. (archaic) to feather
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to call (to council)

Conjugation

References

  • empenar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • enpen” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • empenar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • empenar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • empenar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • empenar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.peˈna(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.peˈna(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈna(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.peˈna(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.peˈna(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈna(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈna(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɨˈnaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɨˈna.ɾi/

Etymology 1

Possibly a variant of empinar, or from empena + -ar, if empena is not itself derived from empenar.

Verb

empenar (first-person singular present empeno, first-person singular preterite empenei, past participle empenado)

  1. (transitive) to warp (wood)
  2. (intransitive) to warp (of wood)
  3. (intransitive) to deviate from a plumb line, to deflect
  4. (figurative, intransitive) to twist, to become twisted
Conjugation

References

Etymology 2

From em- + pena + -ar.

Verb

empenar (first-person singular present empeno, first-person singular preterite empenei, past participle empenado)

  1. (transitive) to cover or adorn with feathers
  2. (intransitive or reflexive) to produce feathers (of a bird)
  3. (reflexive) to become covered or adorned with feathers
Conjugation

References

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