empinar
Spanish, verb/empiˈnaɾ/
empinar is spelled E-M-P-I-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empinar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enderezar y levantar en alto”.
What does empinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lift
- 2
to erect
- 3
to set upright
- 4
to incline and lift (a drinking container) in order to drink.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enderezar y levantar en alto. 2. Beber mucho. 3. Dícese de las plantas, torres, montañas, etc., que sobresalen entre otras.
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 empinar
- empino first-person present singular
- empiné first-person preterite singular
- empinado participle past
- empinando gerund
- empinada feminine participle past
- empinados masculine participle past
- empinadas feminine participle past
- empinas indicative informal present
- empinás indicative informal present
- empina indicative present singular
- empinamos first-person indicative plural
- empináis indicative plural present
- empinan indicative plural present
- empinaba first-person imperfect indicative
- empinabas imperfect indicative second-person
- empinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- empinabais imperfect indicative plural
- empinaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empinar?
- /empiˈnaɾ/
- [ẽm.piˈnaɾ]
- [ẽmpiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empinar in Spanish?
empinar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).