empaitar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan empaitar, empachar, from Vulgar Latin *impāctāre, from impāctum, perfect passive participle of Latin impingō (“to drive, force”). Alternatively, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter, entangle”), in which case it is a doublet of empatxar.

Pronunciation

Verb

empaitar (first-person singular present empaito, first-person singular preterite empaití, past participle empaitat)

  1. (transitive) to chase, to pursue
    Synonyms: encalçar, perseguir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empaitar (first conjugation)
infinitive empaitar
gerund empaitant
past participle masculine feminine
singular empaitat empaitada
plural empaitats empaitades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present empaito empaites empaita empaitem empaiteu empaiten
imperfect empaitava empaitaves empaitava empaitàvem empaitàveu empaitaven
future empaitaré empaitaràs empaitarà empaitarem empaitareu empaitaran
preterite empaití empaitares empaità empaitàrem empaitàreu empaitaren
conditional empaitaria empaitaries empaitaria empaitaríem empaitaríeu empaitarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present empaiti empaitis empaiti empaitem empaiteu empaitin
imperfect empaités empaitessis empaités empaitéssim empaitéssiu empaitessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — empaita empaiti empaitem empaiteu empaitin
negative (no) — no empaitis no empaiti no empaitem no empaiteu no empaitin

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