empaque

See also: empaqué

Portuguese

Verb

empaque

1. inflection of empacar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈpake/ [ẽmˈpa.ke]
• Rhymes: -ake
• Syllabification: em‧pa‧que

Etymology 1

Deverbal from empacar.

Noun

empaque m (plural empaques)

1. packaging

   Synonyms: envase, embalaje

2. (colloquial) presence; look

   Synonym: catadura

3. (figurative) integrity

   Synonyms: seriedad, gravedad

   • 2020 December 11, Josep Ramoneda, “De Trump a Ayuso”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Ayuso y los demás, esta es la estrategia. ¿Tendrá empaque suficiente para aguantar o se la llevará el viento? ¿Arrastrará al partido o será arrastrada por él?

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Etymology 2

Verb

empaque

1. inflection of empacar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “empaque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10