empozar

en- +‎ poza +‎ -ar.

empozar (first-person singular indicative present empozo, past participle empozáu)

1. to drop something into a hole
2. to sink down

   Synonyms: esfondir, fundise

3. to deepen, become deeper (the terrain)

   Onde la fonte’l prau empoza

   Around where the fountain is, the field becomes deeper

4. to sink (something into)

   Synonym: afondar

5. (reflexive) to get stuck in (mud)
6. to get into debt

   Synonym: endeldar

7. to spend more than one can afford
8. (colloquial) to spend a lot of time somewhere

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “empozar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “empozar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

From em- +‎ pozo (“well”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /empoˈθaɾ/ [ẽm.poˈθaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /empoˈsaɾ/ [ẽm.poˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧po‧zar

empozar (first-person singular present empozo, first-person singular preterite empocé, past participle empozado)

1. to drop down a well
2. to well up; to hit deep
3. (reflexive) to stop proceedings

• “empozar”, 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