empenya

Borrowed from French empeigne.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əmˈpɛ.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əmˈpə.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [emˈpe.ɲa]

empenya f (plural empenyes)

1. (anatomy) instep
2. upper, vamp (of footwear)

• “empenya”, 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