empedrar

Catalan

Etymology

From em- +‎ pedra (“stone”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

empedrar (first-person singular present empedro, past participle empedrat)

  1. (transitive) to pave

Conjugation

Galician

Etymology

From en- +‎ pedra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /empeˈðɾaɾ/

Verb

empedrar (first-person singular present empedro, first-person singular preterite empedrei, past participle empedrado)

  1. to pave
  2. (archaic, law) to impound, shut up a building

Conjugation

References

  • “enpedr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “empedrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “empedrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “empedrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From em- +‎ piedra (“stone”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /empeˈdɾaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈð̞ɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧pe‧drar

Verb

empedrar (first-person singular present empiedro, first-person singular preterite empedré, past participle empedrado)

  1. (transitive) to pave
    empedrar o cubrir con piedras ― to pave or to cover with stones
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to strew, scatter
    empedrar de citas ― to strew with quotations

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