empeller

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin impellere. Compare the borrowed doublet impeler.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /empeˈʝeɾ/ [ẽm.peˈʝeɾ] (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)

  1. (transitive) to push

Conjugation

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