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emparchar

Spanish, verb/empaɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/

emparchar is a Spanish verb meaning “to patch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ponerle un parche a algo”.

What does emparchar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to patch

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Ponerle un parche a algo. 2. Encubrir u ocultar una cosa para que no se publique.

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 emparchar

  • emparcho first-person present singular
  • emparché first-person preterite singular
  • emparchado participle past
  • emparchando gerund
  • emparchada feminine participle past
  • emparchados masculine participle past
  • emparchadas feminine participle past
  • emparchas indicative informal present
  • emparchás indicative informal present
  • emparcha indicative present singular
  • emparchamos first-person indicative plural
  • emparcháis indicative plural present
  • emparchan indicative plural present
  • emparchaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • emparchabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • emparchábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • emparchabais imperfect indicative plural
  • emparchaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce emparchar?

  • /empaɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • [ẽm.paɾˈt͡ʃaɾ]
  • [ẽmpaɾˈt͡ʃaɾ]

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

How common is emparchar in Spanish?

emparchar appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish.

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