empalme
Spanish, noun
empalme is spelled E-M-P-A-L-M-E (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empalme is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “joint, connection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of empalmar. With an accent, empalmé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of empalmar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de empalmar”.
What does empalme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejoint, connection
- 2
Spainmasculinehard-on, boner (erect penis)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of empalmar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de empalmar. 2. Punto en que se empalma. 3. Cosa que empalma con otra. 4. Modo o forma de hacer el empalme.
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 empalme
- empalmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to empalme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empalme in Spanish?
empalme appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).