empeña
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate with Spanish empeine and French empeigne. Perhaps ultimately from Latin pecten (“comb”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /emˈpeɲa/ [emˈpe.ɲɐ]
- Rhymes: -eɲa
- Hyphenation: em‧pe‧ña
Noun
empeña f (plural empeñas)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empeña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empeña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empeña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “empeine II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “empeña”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “empeña” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
Spanish
Verb
empeña
- inflection of empeñar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative