Polyglot Dictionary

empalmar

/empalˈmaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
empalmo
preterite (yo)
empalmé
past participle
empalmado

Meaning

  1. to connect

    • Empalmaron los cables.

      They spliced the cables.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

conectar

empalmar specifically means to connect or splice, like pipes, cables, or a train connection; conectar is the general word for "to connect."

Similar in other languages

French

connecter

connecter is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to connect."

Portuguese

conectar

conectar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to connect."

Practice

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