# empachar
## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since 1459 (its derived term empacho since 1457). Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /empaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

### Verb

empachar (first-person singular present empacho, first-person singular preterite empachei, past participle empachado)
* to obstruct; to entangle; to stuff; to impede
** 1459, A. López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. 171:
    o qual o dito Ares diso que avia demandado o dito foro ao dito Gonçalvo Magosto et llo enpachava o dito Gonçalvo Magosto the aforementioned Ares said that he had demanded said contract from said Gonzalo Magosto and said Gonzalo Magosto was preventing him from it
** c. 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:De soldados os camiños enpachados, furtando carros e bestas, queimando caniços e zestasOf soldiers the roads are stuffed, stealing carts and mares, burning wattles and baskets
* (pronominal) to overeat

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* empacho (“obstacle”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enpachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enpach”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empachar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “empachar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empachar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “empachar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empachar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Verb

empachar
* to prevent; to inhibit

#### Related terms

* empedegar

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: empatxar
* → Italian: impacciare (through Provençal)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈʃa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈʃa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈʃa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈʃa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈʃa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈʃa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈʃa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈʃa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈʃa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈʃa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɐˈʃaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɐˈʃaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɐˈt͡ʃaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɐˈʃa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: em‧pa‧char

### Verb

empachar (first-person singular present empacho, first-person singular preterite empachei, past participle empachado)
* to obstruct
    Synonyms: obstruir, impedir, obturar, tapar
    Antonyms: desobstruir, desimpedir
* to overeat
    Synonym: empanturrar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* empachado
* empachamento
* empacho

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /empaˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ẽm.paˈt͡ʃaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: em‧pa‧char

### Verb

empachar (first-person singular present empacho, first-person singular preterite empaché, past participle empachado)
* to obstruct
* (colloquial, reflexive) to pig out, to stuff oneself (with food)

#### 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

* empacho

### Further reading

* “empachar”, 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