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Etymology
From em- + pedra (“stone”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
empedrar (first-person singular present empedro, first-person singular preterite empedrí, past participle empedrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to pave
Conjugation
Galician
Etymology
From en- + pedra.
Pronunciation
Verb
empedrar (first-person singular present empedro, first-person singular preterite empedrei, past participle empedrado)
- to pave
- (archaic, law) to impound, shut up a building
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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empedrar
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Personal
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empedrar
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empedrares
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empedrar
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empedrarmos
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empedrardes
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empedrarem
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Gerund
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empedrando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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empedrado
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empedrados
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Feminine
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empedrada
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empedradas
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Indicative
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Present
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empedro
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empedras
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empedra
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empedramos
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empedrades, empedrais
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empedram
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Imperfect
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empedrava
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empedravas
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empedrava
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empedrávamos
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empedrávades, empedráveis, empedrávais1
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empedravam
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Preterite
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empedrei
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empedraste, empedrache1
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empedrou
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empedramos
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empedrastes
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empedrárom, empedraram
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Pluperfect
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empedrara
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empedraras
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empedrara
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empedráramos
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empedrárades, empedráreis, empedrárais1
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empedraram
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Future
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empedrarei
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empedrarás
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empedrará
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empedraremos
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empedraredes, empedrareis
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empedrarám, empedrarão
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Conditional
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empedraria
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empedrarias
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empedraria
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empedraríamos
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empedraríades, empedraríeis, empedraríais1
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empedrariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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empedre
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empedres
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empedre
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empedremos
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empedredes, empedreis
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empedrem
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Imperfect
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empedrasse
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empedrasses
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empedrasse
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empedrássemos
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empedrássedes, empedrásseis
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empedrassem
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Future
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empedrar
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empedrares
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empedrar
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empedrarmos
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empedrardes
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empedrarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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empedra
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empedre
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empedremos
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empedrade, empedrai
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empedrem
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Negative (nom)
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nom empedres
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nom empedre
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nom empedremos
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nom empedredes, nom empedreis
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nom empedrem
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References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enpedr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empedrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “empedrar”, 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), “empedrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empedrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
From em- + piedra (“stone”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /empeˈdɾaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pe‧drar
Verb
empedrar (first-person singular present empiedro, first-person singular preterite empedré, past participle empedrado)
- (transitive) to pave
- empedrar o cubrir con piedras ― to pave or to cover with stones
- (figuratively, transitive) to strew, scatter
- empedrar de citas ― to strew with quotations
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of empedrar (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive empedrar
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dative
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empedrarme
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empedrarte
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empedrarle, empedrarse
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empedrarnos
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empedraros
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empedrarles, empedrarse
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accusative
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empedrarme
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empedrarte
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empedrarlo, empedrarla, empedrarse
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empedrarnos
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empedraros
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empedrarlos, empedrarlas, empedrarse
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with gerund empedrando
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dative
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empedrándome
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empedrándote
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empedrándole, empedrándose
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empedrándonos
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empedrándoos
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empedrándoles, empedrándose
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accusative
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empedrándome
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empedrándote
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empedrándolo, empedrándola, empedrándose
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empedrándonos
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empedrándoos
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empedrándolos, empedrándolas, empedrándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative empiedra
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dative
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empiédrame
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empiédrate
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empiédrale
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empiédranos
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not used
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empiédrales
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accusative
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empiédrame
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empiédrate
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empiédralo, empiédrala
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empiédranos
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not used
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empiédralos, empiédralas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative empedrá
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dative
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empedrame
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empedrate
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empedrale
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empedranos
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not used
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empedrales
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accusative
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empedrame
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empedrate
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empedralo, empedrala
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empedranos
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not used
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empedralos, empedralas
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with formal second-person singular imperative empiedre
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dative
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empiédreme
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not used
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empiédrele, empiédrese
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empiédrenos
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not used
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empiédreles
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accusative
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empiédreme
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not used
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empiédrelo, empiédrela, empiédrese
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empiédrenos
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not used
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empiédrelos, empiédrelas
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with first-person plural imperative empedremos
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dative
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not used
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empedrémoste
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empedrémosle
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empedrémonos
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empedrémoos
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empedrémosles
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accusative
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not used
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empedrémoste
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empedrémoslo, empedrémosla
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empedrémonos
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empedrémoos
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empedrémoslos, empedrémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative empedrad
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dative
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empedradme
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not used
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empedradle
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empedradnos
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empedraos
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empedradles
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accusative
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empedradme
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not used
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empedradlo, empedradla
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empedradnos
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empedraos
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empedradlos, empedradlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative empiedren
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dative
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empiédrenme
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not used
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empiédrenle
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empiédrennos
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not used
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empiédrenles, empiédrense
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accusative
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empiédrenme
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not used
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empiédrenlo, empiédrenla
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empiédrennos
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not used
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empiédrenlos, empiédrenlas, empiédrense
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Derived terms
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