empeller

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin impellere. Compare the borrowed doublet impeler.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /empeˈʝeɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʝeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /empeˈʎeɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʎeɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /empeˈʃeɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʃeɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /empeˈʒeɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʒeɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: em‧pe‧ller

Verb

empeller (first-person singular present empello, first-person singular preterite empellí, past participle empellido)

(transitive) to push

Conjugation

Conjugation of empeller (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			empeller
gerund			empellendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		empellido		empellida
		plural		empellidos		empellidas
		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	empello	empelles^{^tú} empellés^{^vos}	empelle	empellemos	empelléis	empellen
	imperfect	empellía	empellías	empellía	empellíamos	empellíais	empellían
	preterite	empellí	empelliste	empelló	empellimos	empellisteis	empelleron
	future	empelleré	empellerás	empellerá	empelleremos	empelleréis	empellerán
	conditional	empellería	empellerías	empellería	empelleríamos	empelleríais	empellerían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	empella	empellas^{^tú} empellás^{^vos²}	empella	empellamos	empelláis	empellan
	imperfect (ra)	empellera	empelleras	empellera	empelléramos	empellerais	empelleran
	imperfect (se)	empellese	empelleses	empellese	empellésemos	empelleseis	empellesen
	future¹	empellere	empelleres	empellere	empelléremos	empellereis	empelleren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		empelle^{^tú} empellé^{^vos}	empella	empellamos	empelled	empellan
	negative		no empellas	no empella	no empellamos	no empelláis	no empellan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

Further reading

“empeller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025