empachar

Attested since 1459 (its derived term empacho since 1457). Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”).

• IPA^(key): /empaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

empachar (first-person singular present empacho, first-person singular preterite empachei, past participle empachado)

1. to obstruct; to entangle; to stuff; to impede
   • 1459, A. López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. 171:

     o qual o dito Ares diso que avia demandado o dito foro ao dito Gonçalvo Magosto et llo enpachava o dito Gonçalvo Magosto

     the aforementioned Ares said that he had demanded said contract from said Gonzalo Magosto and said Gonzalo Magosto was preventing him from it

   • c. 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:

     De soldados os camiños enpachados, furtando carros e bestas, queimando caniços e zestas

     Of soldiers the roads are stuffed, stealing carts and mares, burning wattles and baskets

2. (pronominal) to overeat

• empacho (“obstacle”)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enpachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enpach”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “empachar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empachar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “empachar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empachar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”).

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empachar

1. to prevent; to inhibit

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		empachar			aver empachat
gerund		empachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		empachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	empachi	empachas	empacha	empacham	empachatz	empachan
	imperfect	empachavi	empachavas	empachava	empachàvem	empachàvetz	empachavan
	preterite	empachèri	empachères	empachèt	empachèrem	empachèretz	empachèron
	future	empacharai	empacharàs	empacharà	empacharem	empacharetz	empacharàn
	conditional	empachariái	empachariás	empachariá	empachariam	empachariatz	empacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	empachèra	empachèras	empachèra	empacheram	empacheratz	empachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	empache	empaches	empache	empachem	empachetz	empachen
	imperfect	empachèssi	empachèsses	empachèsse	empachèssem	empachèssetz	empachèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			empacha		empachem	empachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		empachar			aver empachat
gerund		empachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		empachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	empache	empaches	empacha	empacham	empachatz	empachon
	imperfect	empachave	empachaves	empachava	empachaviam	empachaviatz	empachavon
	preterite	empachere	empacheres	empachet	empachem	empachetz	empacheron
	future	empacharai	empacharàs	empachará	empacharem	empacharetz	empacharán
	conditional	empachariá	empachariás	empachariá	empachariam	empachariatz	empacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	empachèra	empachèras	empachèra	empacheram	empacheratz	empachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	empache	empaches	empache	empachassiam	empachassiatz	empachon
	imperfect	empachesse	empachesses	empachesse	empachessiam	empachessiatz	empachesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			empacha		empachassiam	empachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		empachar			aver empachat
gerund		empachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		empachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	empachi	empachas	empacha	empacham	empachatz	empachan
	imperfect	empachavi	empachavas	empachava	empachàvam	empachàvatz	empachavan
	preterite	empachèi	empachès	empachè	empachèm	empachètz	empachèn
	future	empacharèi	empacharàs	empacharà	empacharam	empacharatz	empacharàn
	conditional	empacharí	empacharés	empacharé	empacharem	empacharetz	empacharén
	conditional 2nd form1	empachèra	empachèras	empachèra	empacheram	empacheratz	empachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	empachi	empaches	empache	empachem	empachetz	empachen
	imperfect	empachèssi	empachèsses	empachèsse	empachèssem	empachèssetz	empachèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			empacha		empachem	empachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		empachar			aver empachat
gerund		empachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		empachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	empache	empachas	empacha	empacham	empachatz	empachan
	imperfect	empachava	empachavas	empachava	empachàvam	empachàvatz	empachavan
	preterite	empachei	empacheras	empachet	empachèram	empachèratz	empacheran
	future	empacharai	empacharàs	empachará	empacharem	empacharetz	empacharán
	conditional	empachariá	empachariàs	empachariá	empachariam	empachariatz	empacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	empachèra	empachèras	empachèra	empacheram	empacheratz	empachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	empache	empaches	empache	empachem	empachetz	empachen
	imperfect	empachèsse	empachèsses	empachèsse	empachèssem	empachèssetz	empachèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			empacha		empachem	empachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		empachar			aver empachat
gerund		empachant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		empachat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	empache	empaches	empacha	empacham	empachatz	empachan
	imperfect	empachavi	empachavas	empachava	empachàvem	empachàvetz	empachavan
	preterite	empachère	empachères	empachèt	empacheriam	empacheriatz	empachèron
	future	empacharai	empacharàs	empacharà	empacharem	empacharetz	empacharàn
	conditional	empachariáu	empachariás	empachariá	empachariam	empachariatz	empacharián
	conditional 2nd form1	empachèra	empachèras	empachèra	empacheram	empacheratz	empachèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	empache	empaches	empache	empachem	empachetz	empachan
	imperfect	empachèsse	empachèsses	empachèsse	empachessiam	empachessiatz	empachèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			empacha		empachem	empachatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• empedegar

• → Catalan: empatxar

Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”).

• Hyphenation: em‧pa‧char

empachar (first-person singular present empacho, first-person singular preterite empachei, past participle empachado)

1. to obstruct

   Synonyms: obstruir, impedir, obturar, tapar

   Antonyms: desobstruir, desimpedir

2. to overeat

   Synonym: empanturrar

• empachado
• empachamento
• empacho

Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”).

• IPA^(key): /empaˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧pa‧char

empachar (first-person singular present empacho, first-person singular preterite empaché, past participle empachado)

1. to obstruct
2. (colloquial, reflexive) to pig out, to stuff oneself (with food)

• “empachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10