empenar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1257. From en- +‎ pena (“feather; vane”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

empenar (first-person singular present empeno, first-person singular preterite empenei, past participle empenado)

1. to warp

   Synonyms: abarcular, cambar, lorear, pandar

   Antonym: desempenar

2. (archaic) to feather
3. (transitive, intransitive) to call (to council)

Conjugation

References

• “empenar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “enpen” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “empenar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “empenar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “empenar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “empenar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly a variant of empinar, or from empena +‎ -ar, if empena is not itself derived from empenar.

Verb

empenar (first-person singular present empeno, first-person singular preterite empenei, past participle empenado)

1. (transitive) to warp (wood)
2. (intransitive) to warp (of wood)
3. (intransitive) to deviate from a plumb line, to deflect
4. (figurative, intransitive) to twist, to become twisted

Conjugation

References

• “empenar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “empenar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “empenar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Etymology 2

From em- +‎ pena +‎ -ar.

Verb

empenar (first-person singular present empeno, first-person singular preterite empenei, past participle empenado)

1. (transitive) to cover or adorn with feathers
2. (intransitive or reflexive) to produce feathers (of a bird)
3. (reflexive) to become covered or adorned with feathers

Conjugation

References

• “empenar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “empenar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “empenar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.