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Spanish
Etymology
From paño and pañal, the diversity of senses perhaps arising through the metaphor of covering what once was clear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /empaˈɲaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pa‧ñar
Verb
empañar (first-person singular present empaño, first-person singular preterite empañé, past participle empañado)
- (transitive) to put a nappy/diaper on
- (transitive) to steam up
- (transitive) to tarnish
2015 September 15, “La cogida de un banderillero empaña el triunfo de Del Álamo y Castella”, in El País:La cogida de un banderillero empaña el triunfo de Del Álamo y Castella [article title]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive) to fog up, steam up, cloud over
Mis gafas se empañaron tanto que no podía ver nada.- My glasses fogged up so much that I couldn't see anything.
- (reflexive, of tears) to well up
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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