emperrar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish emperrarse, from perro (“dog”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɨˈʁaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɨˈʁaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɨˈʁa.ɾi/

Verb

emperrar (first-person singular present emperro, first-person singular preterite emperrei, past participle emperrado)

1. to stick; to jam

   Synonyms: empacar, estacar, teimar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emperrar (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	emperrar
Personal	emperrar	emperrares	emperrar	emperrarmos	emperrardes	emperrarem
Gerund
	emperrando
Past participle
Masculine	emperrado			emperrados
Feminine	emperrada			emperradas
Indicative
Present	emperro	emperras	emperra	emperramos	emperrais	emperram
Imperfect	emperrava	emperravas	emperrava	emperrávamos	emperráveis	emperravam
Preterite	emperrei	emperraste	emperrou	emperramos1, emperrámos2	emperrastes	emperraram
Pluperfect	emperrara	emperraras	emperrara	emperráramos	emperráreis	emperraram
Future	emperrarei	emperrarás	emperrará	emperraremos	emperrareis	emperrarão
Conditional	emperraria	emperrarias	emperraria	emperraríamos	emperraríeis	emperrariam
Subjunctive
Present	emperre	emperres	emperre	emperremos	emperreis	emperrem
Imperfect	emperrasse	emperrasses	emperrasse	emperrássemos	emperrásseis	emperrassem
Future	emperrar	emperrares	emperrar	emperrarmos	emperrardes	emperrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		emperra	emperre	emperremos	emperrai	emperrem
Negative (não)		não emperres	não emperre	não emperremos	não emperreis	não emperrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• desemperrar
• emperrado
• emperramento

Further reading

• “emperrar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “emperrar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “emperrar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “emperrar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “emperrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “emperrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “emperrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empeˈraɾ/ [ẽm.peˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧pe‧rrar

Verb

emperrar

1. only used in se ... emperrar, syntactic variant of emperrarse