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empaitar.

to chase, to pursue

8 characters3 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[əm.pəjˈta]Balearic, Central, Northern[em.pajˈtaɾ]Valencia[em.pajˈta]Northwestern
  1. to chase, to pursue

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Occitan empaitar, empachar, from Vulgar Latin *impāctāre, from impāctum, perfect passive participle of Latin impingō (“to drive, force”). Alternatively, from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter, entangle”), in which case it is a doublet of empatxar.

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