empalar
Spanish, verb/empaˈlaɾ/
empalar is spelled E-M-P-A-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 121,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empalar is a Spanish verb meaning “to impale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Atravesar a una víctima con una vara o estaca aguzada en sentido longitudinal a modo de tortura y ejecución”.
What does empalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impale
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Atravesar a una víctima con una vara o estaca aguzada en sentido longitudinal a modo de tortura y ejecución.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of empalar
- empalo first-person present singular
- empalé first-person preterite singular
- empalado participle past
- empalando gerund
- empalada feminine participle past
- empalados masculine participle past
- empaladas feminine participle past
- empalas indicative informal present
- empalás indicative informal present
- empala indicative present singular
- empalamos first-person indicative plural
- empaláis indicative plural present
- empalan indicative plural present
- empalaba first-person imperfect indicative
- empalabas imperfect indicative second-person
- empalábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- empalabais imperfect indicative plural
- empalaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empalar?
- /empaˈlaɾ/
- [ẽm.paˈlaɾ]
- [ẽmpaˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empalar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empalar in Spanish?
empalar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).