empapelar

From en- +‎ papel +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: em‧pa‧pe‧lar

empapelar (first-person singular present empapelo, first-person singular preterite empapelei, past participle empapelado)

1. (transitive) to wallpaper (to cover with wallpaper)
2. (transitive) to wrap with paper
3. (transitive, figurative) to protect with great care

From en- +‎ papel +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /empapeˈlaɾ/ [ẽm.pa.peˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧pa‧pe‧lar

empapelar (first-person singular present empapelo, first-person singular preterite empapelé, past participle empapelado)

1. (transitive) to wallpaper
2. (figurative, colloquial, transitive) to throw the book at

• “empapelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024