empollar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empollar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əm.puˈʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əm.poˈʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [em.poˈʎaɾ]
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Verb

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

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ pollo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

  • 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

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