Polyglot Dictionary

empena

/ẽˈpenɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as empenas

Meaning

  1. gable

    • A empena da casa.

      The gable of the house.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Giebel

Giebel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "gable."

Practice

1 What does empena mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ da casa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches empena?

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