empatxar

Borrowed from Occitan empachar, from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter, entangle”). Cognate with English impeach.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pəˈt͡ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.paˈt͡ʃaɾ]

empatxar (first-person singular present empatxo, first-person singular preterite empatxí, past participle empatxat)

1. (transitive) to impede, hinder

   Synonym: impedir

2. (transitive) to give indigestion
3. (pronominal) to worry [with de ‘about’]

   Synonym: preocupar-se

4. (pronominal) to suffer indigestion

   Synonym: indigestar-se

• petjar

• “empatxar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007