empacho

See also: empachó

English

Etymology

From Spanish empacho.

Noun

empacho (uncountable)

1. A Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach.

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 15th century. Back-formation from empachar

Alternative forms

• empache

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emˈpat͡ʃʊ]

Noun

empacho m (plural empachos)

1. (archaic) obstacle
   • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 101:

     que nõ posesẽ en aquel logar vjdes nẽ outro enpacho

     that he shouldn't put in that place vines or another obstacle

2. empacho, indigestion

Related terms

• empachar

References

• “enpacho” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “empacho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “empacho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “empacho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

empacho

1. first-person singular present indicative of empachar

Portuguese

Verb

empacho

1. first-person singular present indicative of empachar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈpat͡ʃo/ [ẽmˈpa.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Syllabification: em‧pa‧cho

Etymology 1

Deverbal from empachar.

Noun

empacho m (plural empachos)

1. shame, embarrassment
2. empacho

Descendants

• → English: empacho
• → Cebuano: empatso
• → Hiligaynon: impatso
• → Tagalog: empatso

Etymology 2

Verb

empacho

1. first-person singular present indicative of empachar

Further reading

• “empacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014