empollar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empollar.

Pronunciation

Verb

empollar (first-person singular present empollo, first-person singular preterite empollí, past participle empollat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

  1. (colloquial) to swot, to cram (to study hard)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empollar (first conjugation)
infinitive empollar
gerund empollant
past participle masculine feminine
singular empollat empollada
plural empollats empollades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present empollo empolles empolla empollem empolleu empollen
imperfect empollava empollaves empollava empollàvem empollàveu empollaven
future empollaré empollaràs empollarà empollarem empollareu empollaran
preterite empollí empollares empollà empollàrem empollàreu empollaren
conditional empollaria empollaries empollaria empollaríem empollaríeu empollarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present empolli empollis empolli empollem empolleu empollin
imperfect empollés empollessis empollés empolléssim empolléssiu empollessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — empolla empolli empollem empolleu empollin
negative (no) — no empollis no empolli no empollem no empolleu no empollin

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ pollo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /empoˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /empoˈʎaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /empoˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /empoˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧po‧llar

Verb

empollar (first-person singular present empollo, first-person singular preterite empollé, past participle empollado)

  1. to incubate, brood
    Synonym: incubar
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) swot (to study hard)
    Synonym: chapar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empollar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive empollar
gerund empollando
past participle masculine feminine
singular empollado empollada
plural empollados empolladas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present empollo empollastú
empollásvos 		empolla empollamos empolláis empollan
imperfect empollaba empollabas empollaba empollábamos empollabais empollaban
preterite empollé empollaste empolló empollamos empollasteis empollaron
future empollaré empollarás empollará empollaremos empollaréis empollarán
conditional empollaría empollarías empollaría empollaríamos empollaríais empollarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present empolle empollestú
empollésvos2 		empolle empollemos empolléis empollen
imperfect
(ra) 		empollara empollaras empollara empolláramos empollarais empollaran
imperfect
(se) 		empollase empollases empollase empollásemos empollaseis empollasen
future1 empollare empollares empollare empolláremos empollareis empollaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative empollatú
empollávos 		empolle empollemos empollad empollen
negative no empolles no empolle no empollemos no empolléis no empollen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of empollar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive empollar
dative empollarme empollarte empollarle, empollarse empollarnos empollaros empollarles, empollarse
accusative empollarme empollarte empollarlo, empollarla, empollarse empollarnos empollaros empollarlos, empollarlas, empollarse
with gerund empollando
dative empollándome empollándote empollándole, empollándose empollándonos empollándoos empollándoles, empollándose
accusative empollándome empollándote empollándolo, empollándola, empollándose empollándonos empollándoos empollándolos, empollándolas, empollándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative empolla
dative empóllame empóllate empóllale empóllanos not used empóllales
accusative empóllame empóllate empóllalo, empóllala empóllanos not used empóllalos, empóllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative empollá
dative empollame empollate empollale empollanos not used empollales
accusative empollame empollate empollalo, empollala empollanos not used empollalos, empollalas
with formal second-person singular imperative empolle
dative empólleme not used empóllele, empóllese empóllenos not used empólleles
accusative empólleme not used empóllelo, empóllela, empóllese empóllenos not used empóllelos, empóllelas
with first-person plural imperative empollemos
dative not used empollémoste empollémosle empollémonos empollémoos empollémosles
accusative not used empollémoste empollémoslo, empollémosla empollémonos empollémoos empollémoslos, empollémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative empollad
dative empolladme not used empolladle empolladnos empollaos empolladles
accusative empolladme not used empolladlo, empolladla empolladnos empollaos empolladlos, empolladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative empollen
dative empóllenme not used empóllenle empóllennos not used empóllenles, empóllense
accusative empóllenme not used empóllenlo, empóllenla empóllennos not used empóllenlos, empóllenlas, empóllense

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