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English
Etymology
From Spanish empacho.
Noun
empacho (uncountable)
- A Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach.
Galician
Etymology 1
Attested since the 15th century. Back-formation from empachar
Pronunciation
Noun
empacho m (plural empachos)
- (archaic) obstacle
1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 101:que nõ posesẽ en aquel logar vjdes nẽ outro enpacho- that he shouldn't put in that place vines or another obstacle
- empacho, indigestion
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enpacho”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empacho”, 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), “empacho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empacho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
empacho
- first-person singular present indicative of empachar
Portuguese
Verb
empacho
- first-person singular present indicative of empachar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /emˈpat͡ʃo/
- Rhymes: -atʃo
- Syllabification: em‧pa‧cho
Etymology 1
Deverbal from empachar.
Noun
empacho m (plural empachos)
- shame, embarrassment
- empacho
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
empacho
- first-person singular present indicative of empachar
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