empacho

See also: empachó

English

Etymology

From Spanish empacho.

Noun

empacho (uncountable)

1. A Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach.

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 15th century. Back-formation from empachar

Alternative forms

• empache

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emˈpat͡ʃʊ]

Noun

empacho m (plural empachos)

1. (archaic) obstacle
   • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 101:

     que nõ posesẽ en aquel logar vjdes nẽ outro enpacho

     that he shouldn't put in that place vines or another obstacle

2. empacho, indigestion

Related terms

• empachar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enpacho”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empacho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empacho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empacho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

empacho

1. first-person singular present indicative of empachar

Portuguese

Verb

empacho

1. first-person singular present indicative of empachar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈpat͡ʃo/ [ẽmˈpa.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Syllabification: em‧pa‧cho

Etymology 1

Deverbal from empachar.

Noun

empacho m (plural empachos)

1. shame, embarrassment
2. empacho
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 173:

     Una cucharadilla de leche de perra dada a la criatura durante tres días seguidos, sirve para «formarles la estómago» y prevenir el empacho.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → English: empacho
• → Cebuano: empatso
• → Hiligaynon: impatso
• → Tagalog: empatso

Etymology 2

Verb

empacho

1. first-person singular present indicative of empachar

Further reading

• “empacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10