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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese emprennar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin impraegnāre. Doublet of impregnar.
Pronunciation
Verb
empreñar (first-person singular present empreño, first-person singular preterite empreñei, past participle empreñado)
- (transitive) to impregnate (to cause to become pregnant)
- Synonym: preñar
- (intransitive) to become pregnant
Conjugation
References
- “emprennar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “enpren” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “empreñar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “empreñar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “empreñar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin impraegnāre. Doublet of impregnar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /empɾeˈɲaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pre‧ñar
Verb
empreñar (first-person singular present empreño, first-person singular preterite empreñé, past participle empreñado)
- (transitive) to impregnate (to cause to become pregnant)
- Synonym: preñar
- (colloquial, transitive) to vex, to annoy
- (archaic, transitive) to impregnate (to fill pores or spaces with a substance)
- Synonym: impregnar
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 empreñar
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 empreñar
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dative
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empreñarme
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empreñarte
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empreñarle, empreñarse
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empreñarnos
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empreñaros
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empreñarles, empreñarse
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accusative
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empreñarme
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empreñarte
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empreñarlo, empreñarla, empreñarse
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empreñarnos
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empreñaros
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empreñarlos, empreñarlas, empreñarse
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with gerund empreñando
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dative
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empreñándome
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empreñándote
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empreñándole, empreñándose
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empreñándonos
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empreñándoos
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empreñándoles, empreñándose
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accusative
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empreñándome
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empreñándote
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empreñándolo, empreñándola, empreñándose
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empreñándonos
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empreñándoos
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empreñándolos, empreñándolas, empreñándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative empreña
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dative
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empréñame
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empréñate
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empréñale
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empréñanos
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not used
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empréñales
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accusative
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empréñame
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empréñate
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empréñalo, empréñala
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empréñanos
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not used
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empréñalos, empréñalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative empreñá
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dative
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empreñame
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empreñate
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empreñale
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empreñanos
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not used
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empreñales
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accusative
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empreñame
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empreñate
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empreñalo, empreñala
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empreñanos
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not used
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empreñalos, empreñalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative empreñe
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dative
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empréñeme
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not used
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empréñele, empréñese
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empréñenos
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not used
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empréñeles
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accusative
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empréñeme
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not used
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empréñelo, empréñela, empréñese
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empréñenos
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not used
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empréñelos, empréñelas
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with first-person plural imperative empreñemos
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dative
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not used
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empreñémoste
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empreñémosle
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empreñémonos
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empreñémoos
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empreñémosles
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accusative
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not used
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empreñémoste
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empreñémoslo, empreñémosla
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empreñémonos
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empreñémoos
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empreñémoslos, empreñémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative empreñad
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dative
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empreñadme
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not used
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empreñadle
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empreñadnos
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empreñaos
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empreñadles
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accusative
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empreñadme
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not used
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empreñadlo, empreñadla
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empreñadnos
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empreñaos
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empreñadlos, empreñadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative empreñen
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dative
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empréñenme
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not used
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empréñenle
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empréñennos
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not used
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empréñenles, empréñense
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accusative
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empréñenme
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not used
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empréñenlo, empréñenla
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empréñennos
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not used
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empréñenlos, empréñenlas, empréñense
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