empacar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈka(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈka(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈka(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈka(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈka(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈka(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈka(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: em‧pa‧car

Verb

empacar (first-person singular present empaco, first-person singular preterite empaquei, past participle empacado)

  1. to jib (to stop and refuse to proceed)
  2. (figurative) to stop growing or improving

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal empacar
Personal empacar empacares empacar empacarmos empacardes empacarem
Gerund
empacando
Past participle
Masculine empacado empacados
Feminine empacada empacadas
Indicative
Present empaco empacas empaca empacamos empacais empacam
Imperfect empacava empacavas empacava empacávamos empacáveis empacavam
Preterite empaquei empacaste empacou empacamos1, empacámos2 empacastes empacaram
Pluperfect empacara empacaras empacara empacáramos empacáreis empacaram
Future empacarei empacarás empacará empacaremos empacareis empacarão
Conditional empacaria empacarias empacaria empacaríamos empacaríeis empacariam
Subjunctive
Present empaque empaques empaque empaquemos empaqueis empaquem
Imperfect empacasse empacasses empacasse empacássemos empacásseis empacassem
Future empacar empacares empacar empacarmos empacardes empacarem
Imperative
Affirmative empaca empaque empaquemos empacai empaquem
Negative (não) não empaques não empaque não empaquemos não empaqueis não empaquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From em- +‎ paca (“package; bundle”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /empaˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧pa‧car

Verb

empacar (first-person singular present empaco, first-person singular preterite empaqué, past participle empacado)

  1. (transitive) to pack, pack away, pack up
  2. (Colombia, transitive) to anger
  3. (Argentina, Lunfardo) to get together
  4. (Argentina, Lunfardo) to save money
  5. (Argentina, Lunfardo) to deceive or fool in order to get something belonging to another
  6. (reflexive) to pack up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive empacar
gerund empacando
past participle masculine feminine
singular empacado empacada
plural empacados empacadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present empaco empacastú
empacásvos 		empaca empacamos empacáis empacan
imperfect empacaba empacabas empacaba empacábamos empacabais empacaban
preterite empaqué empacaste empacó empacamos empacasteis empacaron
future empacaré empacarás empacará empacaremos empacaréis empacarán
conditional empacaría empacarías empacaría empacaríamos empacaríais empacarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present empaque empaquestú
empaquésvos2 		empaque empaquemos empaquéis empaquen
imperfect
(ra) 		empacara empacaras empacara empacáramos empacarais empacaran
imperfect
(se) 		empacase empacases empacase empacásemos empacaseis empacasen
future1 empacare empacares empacare empacáremos empacareis empacaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative empacatú
empacávos 		empaque empaquemos empacad empaquen
negative no empaques no empaque no empaquemos no empaquéis no empaquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of empacar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive empacar
dative empacarme empacarte empacarle, empacarse empacarnos empacaros empacarles, empacarse
accusative empacarme empacarte empacarlo, empacarla, empacarse empacarnos empacaros empacarlos, empacarlas, empacarse
with gerund empacando
dative empacándome empacándote empacándole, empacándose empacándonos empacándoos empacándoles, empacándose
accusative empacándome empacándote empacándolo, empacándola, empacándose empacándonos empacándoos empacándolos, empacándolas, empacándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative empaca
dative empácame empácate empácale empácanos not used empácales
accusative empácame empácate empácalo, empácala empácanos not used empácalos, empácalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative empacá
dative empacame empacate empacale empacanos not used empacales
accusative empacame empacate empacalo, empacala empacanos not used empacalos, empacalas
with formal second-person singular imperative empaque
dative empáqueme not used empáquele, empáquese empáquenos not used empáqueles
accusative empáqueme not used empáquelo, empáquela, empáquese empáquenos not used empáquelos, empáquelas
with first-person plural imperative empaquemos
dative not used empaquémoste empaquémosle empaquémonos empaquémoos empaquémosles
accusative not used empaquémoste empaquémoslo, empaquémosla empaquémonos empaquémoos empaquémoslos, empaquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative empacad
dative empacadme not used empacadle empacadnos empacaos empacadles
accusative empacadme not used empacadlo, empacadla empacadnos empacaos empacadlos, empacadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative empaquen
dative empáquenme not used empáquenle empáquennos not used empáquenles, empáquense
accusative empáquenme not used empáquenlo, empáquenla empáquennos not used empáquenlos, empáquenlas, empáquense

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