# empastar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From em- +‎ pasta +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əm.pəsˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [em.pasˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

empastar (first-person singular present empasto, first-person singular preterite empastí, past participle empastat)
* (transitive) to cover with paste or glue
* (transitive) to fill (to treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | empastar | empastar | empastar | empastar | empastar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | empastant | empastant | empastant | empastant | empastant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | empastat | empastat | empastada | empastada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | empastats | empastats | empastades | empastades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | empasto | empastes | empasta | empastem | empasteu | empasten |
| indicative | imperfect | empastava | empastaves | empastava | empastàvem | empastàveu | empastaven |
| indicative | future | empastaré | empastaràs | empastarà | empastarem | empastareu | empastaran |
| indicative | preterite | empastí | empastares | empastà | empastàrem | empastàreu | empastaren |
| indicative | conditional | empastaria | empastaries | empastaria | empastaríem | empastaríeu | empastarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | empasti | empastis | empasti | empastem | empasteu | empastin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | empastés | empastessis | empastés | empastéssim | empastéssiu | empastessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | empasta | empasti | empastem | empasteu | empastin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no empastis | no empasti | no empastem | no empasteu | no empastin |

#### Related terms

* empastissar

### Further reading

* “empastar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “empastar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “empastar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “empastar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From en- +‎ pasta +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /empasˈtaɾ/ [ẽm.pasˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: em‧pas‧tar

### Verb

empastar (first-person singular present empasto, first-person singular preterite empasté, past participle empastado)
* (transitive) to bind (a book)
    Synonym: encuadernar
* (transitive) to fill (to treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | empastar | empastar | empastar | empastar | empastar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | empastando | empastando | empastando | empastando | empastando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | empastado | empastado | empastada | empastada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | empastados | empastados | empastadas | empastadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | empasto | empastas$^{tú}$ empastás$^{vos}$ | empasta | empastamos | empastáis | empastan |
| indicative | imperfect | empastaba | empastabas | empastaba | empastábamos | empastabais | empastaban |
| indicative | preterite | empasté | empastaste | empastó | empastamos | empastasteis | empastaron |
| indicative | future | empastaré | empastarás | empastará | empastaremos | empastaréis | empastarán |
| indicative | conditional | empastaría | empastarías | empastaría | empastaríamos | empastaríais | empastarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | empaste | empastes$^{tú}$ empastés$^{vos2}$ | empaste | empastemos | empastéis | empasten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | empastara | empastaras | empastara | empastáramos | empastarais | empastaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | empastase | empastases | empastase | empastásemos | empastaseis | empastasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | empastare | empastares | empastare | empastáremos | empastareis | empastaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | empasta$^{tú}$ empastá$^{vos}$ | empaste | empastemos | empastad | empasten |
| imperative | negative | | no empastes | no empaste | no empastemos | no empastéis | no empasten |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “empastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014