empeña

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See also: empena and empeñá

Galician

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese empenha, Spanish empeine and French empeigne. Perhaps ultimately from Latin pecten (“comb”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

empeña f (plural empeñas)

(anatomy) instep
vamp of a shoe; upper

References

“empeña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“empeña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“empeña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “empeine II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Verb

empeña

inflection of empeñar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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