empata

See also: empatá, empatà, and empâta

Catalan

Verb

empata

1. inflection of empatar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpa.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpa.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpa.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpa.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpa.ta/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpa.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈpa.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: em‧pa‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from empatar.

Noun

empata m or f by sense (plural empatas)

1. (informal, derogatory) hinderer, hindrance

   Synonym: estorvo

2. (Brazil, informal, derogatory) busybody
3. (law, obsolete) confiscation

   Synonyms: confisco, arresto, penhora

Etymology 2

From empatia.

Noun

empata m or f by sense (plural empatas)

1. (rare) empath

   Synonym: empático

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

empata

1. inflection of empatar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “empata”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “empata”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “empata”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “empata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Verb

empata

1. inflection of empatar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative