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Portuguese
Etymology
From en- + papel + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.peˈla(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.peˈla(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.peˈla(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.peˈla(ʁ)/
- (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)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.peˈla(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.peˈla(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.peˈla(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: em‧pa‧pe‧lar
Verb
empapelar (first-person singular present empapelo, first-person singular preterite empapelei, past participle empapelado)
- (transitive) to wallpaper (to cover with wallpaper)
- (transitive) to wrap with paper
- (transitive, figurative) to protect with great care
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From en- + papel + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /empapeˈlaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pa‧pe‧lar
Verb
empapelar (first-person singular present empapelo, first-person singular preterite empapelé, past participle empapelado)
- (transitive) to wallpaper
- (figurative, colloquial, transitive) to throw the book at
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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