empollar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empollar.

Pronunciation

Verb

empollar (first-person singular present empollo, past participle empollat)

  1. (colloquial) to swot, to cram (to study hard)

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Spanish

Etymology

From en- + pollo + -ar.

Verb

empollar (first-person singular present empollo, first-person singular preterite empollé, past participle empollado)

  1. to incubate, brood
    Synonym: incubar
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) swot (to study hard)
    Synonym: chapar

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