empacar

Portuguese

Verb

empacar (first-person singular present indicative empaco, past participle empacado)

  1. to jib (to stop and refuse to proceed)
  2. (figuratively) to stop growing or improving

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From em- + paca (package; bundle) + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /empaˈkaɾ/, [ẽmpaˈkaɾ]

Verb

empacar (first-person singular present empaco, first-person singular preterite empaqué, past participle empacado)

  1. to pack, pack away, pack up
  2. (Colombia) to anger
  3. (Argentina (Lunfardo)) to get together
  4. (Argentina (Lunfardo)) to save money
  5. (Argentina (Lunfardo)) to deceive or fool in order to get something belonging to another.

Conjugation

  • c becomes qu before e.

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