emparar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan amparar, from Vulgar Latin *anteparāre (“to prevent”), from Latin ante- + parō, parāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.paˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

emparar (first-person singular present emparo, first-person singular preterite emparí, past participle emparat)

1. (transitive) to protect (de from)
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 11, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Una nit més som al balcó, mig emparats de la neu que cau.

     One night more we are on the balcony, half protected from the falling snow.

2. (transitive) to catch (stop from falling)
3. (transitive, law) to seize [with de]
4. (pronominal) to shelter, to seek protection
5. (pronominal, archaic) to seize [with de]

   Synonym: apoderar-se

   • 1929, Lloren� Riber i Campins, Any cristi�, I:

     El poble, desafiat i provocat per tanta aud�cia, s'empar� del palau i coltellej� el grotesc emperador Eugeni.

     The people, challenged and provoked by such audacity, seized the palace and stabbed to death the grotesque Emperor Eugenius.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emparar (first conjugation)

infinitive			emparar
gerund			emparant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		emparat		emparada
		plural		emparats		emparades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vost�	nosaltres n�s	vosaltres v�s	ells/elles vost�s
	present	emparo	empares	empara	emparem	empareu	emparen
	imperfect	emparava	emparaves	emparava	empar�vem	empar�veu	emparaven
	future	emparar�	emparar�s	emparar�	empararem	emparareu	empararan
	preterite	empar�	emparares	empar�	empar�rem	empar�reu	empararen
	conditional	empararia	empararies	empararia	emparar�em	emparar�eu	empararien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vost�	nosaltres n�s	vosaltres v�s	ells/elles vost�s
	present	empari	emparis	empari	emparem	empareu	emparin
	imperfect	empar�s	emparessis	empar�s	empar�ssim	empar�ssiu	emparessin
imperative		—	tu	vost�	nosaltres	vosaltres v�s	vost�s
	affirmative	—	empara	empari	emparem	empareu	emparin
	negative (no)	—	no emparis	no empari	no emparem	no empareu	no emparin

Derived terms

• desemparar
• empara
• emparament
• emparança

 

Related terms

• mampara

Further reading

• “emparar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.