# empalar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin impālāre, from Latin pālus. By surface analysis, en- +‎ pal +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əm.pəˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [em.paˈlaɾ]

### Verb

empalar (first-person singular present empalo, first-person singular preterite empalí, past participle empalat)
* to impale

#### Derived terms

* empalament

#### Related terms

* pal

### Further reading

* “empalar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “empalar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “empalar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “empalar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English impale, French empaler, Italian impalare, Spanish empalar.

### Verb

empalar (present tense empalas, past tense empalis, future tense empalos, imperative empalez, conditional empalus)
* (transitive) to impale, fix on a sharp stake

#### Derived terms

* empaletar (“to impale an insect”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empalar. Compare Catalan empalar, French empaler, Italian impalare, Romanian împăra.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈla(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈla(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈla(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈla(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈla(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɐˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɐˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɐˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: em‧pa‧lar

### Verb

empalar (first-person singular present empalo, first-person singular preterite empalei, past participle empalado)
* to impale (put to death by piercing with a pale)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* empalamento

#### Related terms

* pau

### References

* ↑ “empalar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “empalar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin impālāre, from Latin pālus. By surface analysis, en- +‎ palo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /empaˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.paˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: em‧pa‧lar

### Verb

empalar (first-person singular present empalo, first-person singular preterite empalé, past participle empalado)
* to impale

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### Derived terms

* empalamiento

#### Related terms

* palo

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: empalar

### Further reading

* “empalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10