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empalmado

Spanish, adjective/empalˈmado/

empalmado is spelled E-M-P-A-L-M-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empalmado is a Spanish adjective meaning “erect, hard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of empalmar.

What does empalmado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    vulgarerect, hard

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of empalmar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Participio de empalmar.

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 empalmado

  • empalmada feminine
  • empalmados masculine plural
  • empalmadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce empalmado?

  • /empalˈmado/
  • [ẽm.palˈma.ð̞o]
  • [ẽmpalˈmað̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to empalmado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is empalmado in Spanish?

empalmado appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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