empacar

/empaˈkaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present (yo)
empaco
preterite (yo)
empaqué
past participle
empacado

Meaning

  1. to pack

    • Empaqué la ropa.

      I packed the clothes.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

embalar

embalar and empacar are close synonyms for "to pack"; empacar is more common in Latin America, embalar more common in Spain.

Similar in other languages

German

packen

packen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to pack."

Portuguese

empacotar

empacotar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to pack."

Practice

1 What does empacar mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ la ropa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches empacar?

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