empalmar

Catalan

Etymology

From empalomar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pəlˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.palˈmaɾ]
• Homophone: empalmà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

empalmar (first-person singular present empalmo, first-person singular preterite empalmí, past participle empalmat)

1. (transitive) to join, to splice (to combine into one)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empalmar (first conjugation)

infinitive			empalmar
gerund			empalmant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		empalmat		empalmada
		plural		empalmats		empalmades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	empalmo	empalmes	empalma	empalmem	empalmeu	empalmen
	imperfect	empalmava	empalmaves	empalmava	empalmàvem	empalmàveu	empalmaven
	future	empalmaré	empalmaràs	empalmarà	empalmarem	empalmareu	empalmaran
	preterite	empalmí	empalmares	empalmà	empalmàrem	empalmàreu	empalmaren
	conditional	empalmaria	empalmaries	empalmaria	empalmaríem	empalmaríeu	empalmarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	empalmi	empalmis	empalmi	empalmem	empalmeu	empalmin
	imperfect	empalmés	empalmessis	empalmés	empalméssim	empalméssiu	empalmessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	empalma	empalmi	empalmem	empalmeu	empalmin
	negative (no)	—	no empalmis	no empalmi	no empalmem	no empalmeu	no empalmin

Synonyms

• (splice ropes): entollar

Derived terms

• desempalmar
• empalmadora
• empalmament

Further reading

• “empalmar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “empalmar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “empalmar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “empalmar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From empalomar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empalˈmaɾ/ [ẽm.palˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧pal‧mar

Verb

empalmar (first-person singular present empalmo, first-person singular preterite empalmé, past participle empalmado)

1. (transitive) to splice, join, connect, continue

   Synonym: unir

   Antonyms: desempalmar, desunir

2. to overlap

   Synonym: reenganchar

3. (colloquial) to stay up, to stay up all night

   Synonym: reenganchar

4. (reflexive, vulgar, Spain) to get a boner, get a hard-on, have a hard-on, go hard, get hard

   Antonym: desempalmarse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empalmar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			empalmar
gerund			empalmando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		empalmado		empalmada
		plural		empalmados		empalmadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	empalmo	empalmastú empalmásvos	empalma	empalmamos	empalmáis	empalman
	imperfect	empalmaba	empalmabas	empalmaba	empalmábamos	empalmabais	empalmaban
	preterite	empalmé	empalmaste	empalmó	empalmamos	empalmasteis	empalmaron
	future	empalmaré	empalmarás	empalmará	empalmaremos	empalmaréis	empalmarán
	conditional	empalmaría	empalmarías	empalmaría	empalmaríamos	empalmaríais	empalmarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	empalme	empalmestú empalmésvos2	empalme	empalmemos	empalméis	empalmen
	imperfect (ra)	empalmara	empalmaras	empalmara	empalmáramos	empalmarais	empalmaran
	imperfect (se)	empalmase	empalmases	empalmase	empalmásemos	empalmaseis	empalmasen
	future1	empalmare	empalmares	empalmare	empalmáremos	empalmareis	empalmaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		empalmatú empalmávos	empalme	empalmemos	empalmad	empalmen
	negative		no empalmes	no empalme	no empalmemos	no empalméis	no empalmen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of empalmar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive empalmar
	dative	empalmarme	empalmarte	empalmarle, empalmarse	empalmarnos	empalmaros	empalmarles, empalmarse
	accusative	empalmarme	empalmarte	empalmarlo, empalmarla, empalmarse	empalmarnos	empalmaros	empalmarlos, empalmarlas, empalmarse
with gerund empalmando
	dative	empalmándome	empalmándote	empalmándole, empalmándose	empalmándonos	empalmándoos	empalmándoles, empalmándose
	accusative	empalmándome	empalmándote	empalmándolo, empalmándola, empalmándose	empalmándonos	empalmándoos	empalmándolos, empalmándolas, empalmándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative empalma
	dative	empálmame	empálmate	empálmale	empálmanos	not used	empálmales
	accusative	empálmame	empálmate	empálmalo, empálmala	empálmanos	not used	empálmalos, empálmalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative empalmá
	dative	empalmame	empalmate	empalmale	empalmanos	not used	empalmales
	accusative	empalmame	empalmate	empalmalo, empalmala	empalmanos	not used	empalmalos, empalmalas
with formal second-person singular imperative empalme
	dative	empálmeme	not used	empálmele, empálmese	empálmenos	not used	empálmeles
	accusative	empálmeme	not used	empálmelo, empálmela, empálmese	empálmenos	not used	empálmelos, empálmelas
with first-person plural imperative empalmemos
	dative	not used	empalmémoste	empalmémosle	empalmémonos	empalmémoos	empalmémosles
	accusative	not used	empalmémoste	empalmémoslo, empalmémosla	empalmémonos	empalmémoos	empalmémoslos, empalmémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative empalmad
	dative	empalmadme	not used	empalmadle	empalmadnos	empalmaos	empalmadles
	accusative	empalmadme	not used	empalmadlo, empalmadla	empalmadnos	empalmaos	empalmadlos, empalmadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative empalmen
	dative	empálmenme	not used	empálmenle	empálmennos	not used	empálmenles, empálmense
	accusative	empálmenme	not used	empálmenlo, empálmenla	empálmennos	not used	empálmenlos, empálmenlas, empálmense

Related terms

• empalme

 

Further reading

• “empalmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28