empreñar

From Old Galician-Portuguese emprennar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin impraegnāre. Doublet of impregnar.

• IPA^(key): [empɾeˈɲaɾ]

empreñar (first-person singular present empreño, first-person singular preterite empreñei, past participle empreñado)

1. (transitive) to impregnate (to cause to become pregnant)

   Synonym: preñar

2. (intransitive) to become pregnant

• “emprennar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “enpren” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “empreñar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “empreñar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “empreñar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Inherited from Late Latin impraegnāre. Doublet of impregnar.

• IPA^(key): /empɾeˈɲaɾ/ [ẽm.pɾeˈɲaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧pre‧ñar

empreñar (first-person singular present empreño, first-person singular preterite empreñé, past participle empreñado)

1. (transitive) to impregnate (to cause to become pregnant)

   Synonym: preñar

2. (colloquial, transitive) to vex, to annoy
3. (archaic, transitive) to impregnate (to fill pores or spaces with a substance)

   Synonym: impregnar

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