empena
Portuguese, noun
empena is spelled E-M-P-E-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empena is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gable (triangular area of wall just under the roof)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of empenar.
What does empena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegable (triangular area of wall just under the roof)
- 2
femininewarping of wood due to heat or humidity
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).
Forms of empena
- empenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to empena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empena in Portuguese?
empena appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).