empalhar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ palha +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈʎa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈʎa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈʎa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈʎa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈʎa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈʎa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈʎa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈʎa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈʎa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈʎa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈʎa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.paˈʎa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈʎa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.paˈʎa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.paˈʎa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈʎa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɐˈʎaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɐˈʎaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɐˈʎa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: em‧pa‧lhar

Verb

empalhar (first-person singular present empalho, first-person singular preterite empalhei, past participle empalhado)

1. to stuff (to preserve a dead animal for display)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empalhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	empalhar
Personal	empalhar	empalhares	empalhar	empalharmos	empalhardes	empalharem
Gerund
	empalhando
Past participle
Masculine	empalhado			empalhados
Feminine	empalhada			empalhadas
Indicative
Present	empalho	empalhas	empalha	empalhamos	empalhais	empalham
Imperfect	empalhava	empalhavas	empalhava	empalhávamos	empalháveis	empalhavam
Preterite	empalhei	empalhaste	empalhou	empalhamos1, empalhámos2	empalhastes	empalharam
Pluperfect	empalhara	empalharas	empalhara	empalháramos	empalháreis	empalharam
Future	empalharei	empalharás	empalhará	empalharemos	empalhareis	empalharão
Conditional	empalharia	empalharias	empalharia	empalharíamos	empalharíeis	empalhariam
Subjunctive
Present	empalhe	empalhes	empalhe	empalhemos	empalheis	empalhem
Imperfect	empalhasse	empalhasses	empalhasse	empalhássemos	empalhásseis	empalhassem
Future	empalhar	empalhares	empalhar	empalharmos	empalhardes	empalharem
Imperative
Affirmative		empalha	empalhe	empalhemos	empalhai	empalhem
Negative (não)		não empalhes	não empalhe	não empalhemos	não empalheis	não empalhem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “empalhar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024