empata
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈpa.tɐ/
empata is spelled E-M-P-A-T-A (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empata is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hinderer, hindrance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of empatar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que empecilha que se proceda para a fazeção ou que embaraça o regular andamento de um negócio”.
What does empata mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfeminineinformalmasculinehinderer, hindrance
- 2
Brazilderogatoryfeminineinformalmasculinebusybody
- 3
femininemasculineobsoleteconfiscation
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerareempath
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que empecilha que se proceda para a fazeção ou que embaraça o regular andamento de um negócio
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of empata
- empatas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empata?
- Brazil /ẽˈpa.tɐ/
- Brazil /ĩˈpa.tɐ/
- Portugal /ẽˈpa.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empata in Portuguese?
empata appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).