empollar

/empoˈʝaɾ/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present (yo)
empollo
preterite (yo)
empollé
past participle
empollado

Meaning

  1. to swot, incubate

    • Empolló toda la noche.

      He swotted all night.

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

Similar in other languages

German

büffeln

Close — to cram/study hard relates to büffeln.

German

pauken

Close — to cram/study hard relates to pauken.

Practice

1 What does empollar mean?

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