empeñarse
Spanish, verb[ẽmpeˈɲaɾse]
empeñarse is spelled E-M-P-E-Ñ-A-R-S-E (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). Empeñarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of empeñar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dedicarse a algo movido por un gran deseo o empeño₂”.
What does empeñarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of empeñar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dedicarse a algo movido por un gran deseo o empeño₂. 2. Esforzarse.
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 empeñarse
- haberse empeñado impersonal infinitive
- empeñándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose empeñado impersonal gerund
- empeñado impersonal participle
- me empeño first-person singular indicative
- te empeñas second-person singular indicative
- te empeñás second-person singular vos-form
- se empeña third-person singular indicative
- nos empeñamos first-person plural indicative
- os empeñáis second-person plural indicative
- se empeñan third-person plural indicative
- me empeñaba first-person singular indicative
- te empeñabas second-person singular indicative
- se empeñaba third-person singular indicative
- nos empeñábamos first-person plural indicative
- os empeñabais second-person plural indicative
- se empeñaban third-person plural indicative
- me empeñé first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empeñarse?
- [ẽmpeˈɲaɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empeñarse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empeñarse in Spanish?
empeñarse 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).