empalmar
Spanish, verb/empalˈmaɾ/
empalmar is spelled E-M-P-A-L-M-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empalmar is a Spanish verb meaning “to splice, join, connect, continue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Juntar dos cosas como maderos, sogas o tubos, por sus extremos, acoplándolas o entrelazándolas”.
What does empalmar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to splice, join, connect, continue
- 2
to overlap
- 3
colloquialto stay up, to stay up all night
- 4
Spainvulgarto get a boner, get a hard-on, have a hard-on, go hard, get hard
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Juntar dos cosas como maderos, sogas o tubos, por sus extremos, acoplándolas o entrelazándolas. 2. Ligar o combinar planes, ideas, acciones, u otras cosas. 3. Poner la herradura a un caballo, o el callo a un buey.
verb: 1. Unirse o combinarse un medio de transporte con otro, en especial un tren. 2. Seguir o suceder una cosa a otra sin interrupción.
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 empalmar
- empalmo first-person present singular
- empalmé first-person preterite singular
- empalmado participle past
- empalmando gerund
- empalmada feminine participle past
- empalmados masculine participle past
- empalmadas feminine participle past
- empalmas indicative informal present
- empalmás indicative informal present
- empalma indicative present singular
- empalmamos first-person indicative plural
- empalmáis indicative plural present
- empalman indicative plural present
- empalmaba first-person imperfect indicative
- empalmabas imperfect indicative second-person
- empalmábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- empalmabais imperfect indicative plural
- empalmaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empalmar?
- /empalˈmaɾ/
- [ẽm.palˈmaɾ]
- [ẽmpalˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empalmar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empalmar in Spanish?
empalmar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).