empecer
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese empeecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *impedīscere, inchoative of Latin impediō, impedīre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]empecer (first-person singular present empezo, first-person singular preterite empecín, past participle empecido)
empecer (first-person singular present empeço, first-person singular preterite empecim or empeci, past participle empecido, reintegrationist norm)
- (now literary) to impede
- (now literary) to harm
- 1486, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 193:
- Onde for borado non enpeça
- It should not maim [the validity of this documents] wherever it is smudged
Conjugation
[edit]1Less recommended.
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “empecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enpee”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “empecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “empecer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese empeecer, from Vulgar Latin *impedīscere, inchoative of Latin impedīre. Compare Galician and Spanish empecer
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.peˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.peˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.peˈse(
χ )], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.peˈse(χ )] - (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈse(ɻ)/
Verb
[edit]empecer (first-person singular present empeço, first-person singular preterite empeci, past participle empecido)
- (transitive) to harm; to prejudice
- (transitive, intransitive) to prevent; to impede
Conjugation
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *impediscere, from Latin impedīre.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /empeˈ
θ eɾ/ [ẽm.peˈθ eɾ] - IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /empeˈseɾ/ [ẽm.peˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pe‧cer
Verb
[edit]empecer (third-person only, third-person singular present empece, third-person singular preterite empeció, past participle empecido)
- (obsolete, transitive) to harm, maim
- (transitive, intransitive) to impede, hinder
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | empecer | ||||||
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gerund | empeciendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | empecido | empecida | |||||
plural | empecidos | empecidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
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 | — | — | empece | — | — | empecen | |
imperfect | — | — | empecía | — | — | empecían | |
preterite | — | — | empeció | — | — | empecieron | |
future | — | — | empecerá | — | — | empecerán | |
conditional | — | — | empecería | — | — | empecerían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | — | — | empezca | — | — | empezcan | |
imperfect (ra) |
— | — | empeciera | — | — | empecieran | |
imperfect (se) |
— | — | empeciese | — | — | empeciesen | |
future1 | — | — | empeciere | — | — | empecieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
negative | — | — | — | — | — |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “empecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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