emperifollar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /empeɾifoˈʝaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.ɾi.foˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /empeɾifoˈʎaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.ɾi.foˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /empeɾifoˈʃaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.ɾi.foˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /empeɾifoˈʒaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.ɾi.foˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pe‧ri‧fo‧llar
Verb
emperifollar (first-person singular present emperifollo, first-person singular preterite emperifollé, past participle emperifollado)
- (transitive) to doll up, sex up, glam up
- Synonyms: arreglar, acicalar, emperejilar
- 2016 December, “Las mascotas también celebran”, in Frontera.info[1]:
- Si planificas vestirlas, no esperes a último momento para obligarlas a lucir sus mejores galas; practica con tiempo para que la mascota se acostumbre a emperifollarse.
- If you plan to dress them [your pets] up, don't wait until the last moment to make them look their best; practise ahead of time so that your pet gets used to being glammed up
Conjugation
Conjugation of emperifollar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of emperifollar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive emperifollar | dative | emperifollarme | emperifollarte | emperifollarle, emperifollarse | emperifollarnos | emperifollaros | emperifollarles, emperifollarse |
| accusative | emperifollarme | emperifollarte | emperifollarlo, emperifollarla, emperifollarse | emperifollarnos | emperifollaros | emperifollarlos, emperifollarlas, emperifollarse | |
| with gerund emperifollando | dative | emperifollándome | emperifollándote | emperifollándole, emperifollándose | emperifollándonos | emperifollándoos | emperifollándoles, emperifollándose |
| accusative | emperifollándome | emperifollándote | emperifollándolo, emperifollándola, emperifollándose | emperifollándonos | emperifollándoos | emperifollándolos, emperifollándolas, emperifollándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative emperifolla | dative | emperifóllame | emperifóllate | emperifóllale | emperifóllanos | not used | emperifóllales |
| accusative | emperifóllame | emperifóllate | emperifóllalo, emperifóllala | emperifóllanos | not used | emperifóllalos, emperifóllalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative emperifollá | dative | emperifollame | emperifollate | emperifollale | emperifollanos | not used | emperifollales |
| accusative | emperifollame | emperifollate | emperifollalo, emperifollala | emperifollanos | not used | emperifollalos, emperifollalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative emperifolle | dative | emperifólleme | not used | emperifóllele, emperifóllese | emperifóllenos | not used | emperifólleles |
| accusative | emperifólleme | not used | emperifóllelo, emperifóllela, emperifóllese | emperifóllenos | not used | emperifóllelos, emperifóllelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative emperifollemos | dative | not used | emperifollémoste | emperifollémosle | emperifollémonos | emperifollémoos | emperifollémosles |
| accusative | not used | emperifollémoste | emperifollémoslo, emperifollémosla | emperifollémonos | emperifollémoos | emperifollémoslos, emperifollémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative emperifollad | dative | emperifolladme | not used | emperifolladle | emperifolladnos | emperifollaos | emperifolladles |
| accusative | emperifolladme | not used | emperifolladlo, emperifolladla | emperifolladnos | emperifollaos | emperifolladlos, emperifolladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative emperifollen | dative | emperifóllenme | not used | emperifóllenle | emperifóllennos | not used | emperifóllenles, emperifóllense |
| accusative | emperifóllenme | not used | emperifóllenlo, emperifóllenla | emperifóllennos | not used | emperifóllenlos, emperifóllenlas, emperifóllense | |
Further reading
- “emperifollar”, 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