empedrar

From em- +‎ pedra (“stone”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pəˈðɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.peˈðɾaɾ]
• Homophone: empedrà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

empedrar (first-person singular present empedro, first-person singular preterite empedrí, past participle empedrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to pave

From en- +‎ pedra.

• IPA^(key): /empeˈðɾaɾ/

empedrar (first-person singular present empedro, first-person singular preterite empedrei, past participle empedrado)

1. to pave
2. (archaic, law) to impound, shut up a building

• pedra

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enpedr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empedrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “empedrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empedrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empedrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From em- +‎ piedra (“stone”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /empeˈdɾaɾ/ [ẽm.peˈð̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧pe‧drar

empedrar (first-person singular present empiedro, first-person singular preterite empedré, past participle empedrado)

1. (transitive) to pave

   empedrar o cubrir con piedras ― to pave or to cover with stones

2. (figuratively, transitive) to strew, scatter

   empedrar de citas ― to strew with quotations

• adoquinar
• pavimentar

• “empedrar”, 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