empollar
Spanish, verb/empoˈʝaɾ/
empollar is spelled E-M-P-O-L-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empollar is a Spanish verb meaning “to incubate, brood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Incubar los huevos las aves”.
What does empollar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to incubate, brood
- 2
colloquialderogatoryswot (to study hard)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Incubar los huevos las aves 2. Estudiar memorizando intensamente.
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 empollar
- empollo first-person present singular
- empollé first-person preterite singular
- empollado participle past
- empollando gerund
- empollada feminine participle past
- empollados masculine participle past
- empolladas feminine participle past
- empollas indicative informal present
- empollás indicative informal present
- empolla indicative present singular
- empollamos first-person indicative plural
- empolláis indicative plural present
- empollan indicative plural present
- empollaba first-person imperfect indicative
- empollabas imperfect indicative second-person
- empollábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- empollabais imperfect indicative plural
- empollaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empollar?
- /empoˈʝaɾ/
- [ẽm.poˈʝaɾ]
- [ẽmpoˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empollar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empollar in Spanish?
empollar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).