empecer
- (literary) to impede
- (literary) to harm
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/empɛˈθeɾ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese empeecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *impedīscere, inchoative of Latin impediō, impedīre.
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