Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empacho

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-pa-cho
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empacho.

Usage

Questions

What does empacho mean?
A Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach.
Where does empacho come from?
Borrowed from Spanish empacho.

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