empinado
Spanish, adjective/empiˈnado/
empinado is spelled E-M-P-I-N-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empinado is a Spanish adjective meaning “steep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of empinar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene una inclinación cercana a lo vertical”.
What does empinado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
steep
verb
- 1
past participle of empinar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene una inclinación cercana a lo vertical.
verb: 1. Participio de empinar.
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 empinado
- empinada feminine
- empinados masculine plural
- empinadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empinado?
- /empiˈnado/
- [ẽm.piˈna.ð̞o]
- [ẽmpiˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empinado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empinado in Spanish?
empinado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).