empellicar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ pellica +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /empeʝiˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.ʝiˈkaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /empeʎiˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.ʎiˈkaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /empeʃiˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.ʃiˈkaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /empeʒiˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.ʒiˈkaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧pe‧lli‧car

Verb

empellicar (first-person singular present empellico, first-person singular preterite empelliqué, past participle empellicado)

  1. (obsolete) to skin, to line something with skin

Conjugation

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