Catalan

Verb

empalar ‎(first-person singular present empalo, past participle empalat)

1. to impale

Conjugation

Related terms

• pal

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from English impale, French empaler, Italian impalare, Spanish empalar.

Verb

empalar (present tense empalas, past tense empalis, future tense empalos, imperative empalez, conditional empalus)

1. (transitive) to impale, fix on a sharp stake

Conjugation

Conjugation of empalar present past future tense empalas empalis empalos perfect empalabis empalabos infinitive empalar empalir empalor imperative empalez empalabez conditional empalus empalabus nominal active participle singular empalanto empalinto empalonto plural empalanti empalinti empalonti nominal passive participle singular empalato empalito empaloto plural empalati empaliti empaloti active participle empalanta empalinta empalonta passive participle empalata empalita empalota adverbial active participle empalante empalinte empalonte adverbial passive participle empalate empalite empalote

Derived terms

• empaletar ‎(“to impale an insect”)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin impālāre, present active infinitive of impālō (possibly through Spanish empalar), from Latin pālus ‎(“stake”). Compare Catalan empalar, French empaler, Italian impalare, Romanian împăra.

Verb

empalar ‎(first-person singular present indicative empalo, past participle empalado)

1. to impale (put to death by piercing with a pale)

Conjugation

Related terms

• pau

Spanish

Etymology

From em- +‎ palo +‎ -ar, or from Late Latin impālāre, present active infinitive of impālō, from Latin pālus ‎(“stake”). Compare Catalan empalar, French empaler, Italian impalare, Romanian împăra.

Verb

empalar ‎(first-person singular present empalo, first-person singular preterite empalé, past participle empalado)

1. to impale

Conjugation

Related terms

• palo

References

• “empalar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.