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empacho

empacho noun: a Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach.

Noun

empacho (uncountable)

  1. A Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach.

Origin of empacho

Borrowed from Spanish empacho.

Questions about empacho

What does empacho mean?
Empacho means a Hispanic folk illness ascribed to blockage of the stomach.
What part of speech is empacho?
Empacho is a noun.

Words near empacho in the dictionary

  1. emoviolence
  2. emp
  3. Emp'r
  4. Emp't
  5. Emp.
  6. empacho
  7. empacket
  8. empacketed
  9. empacketing
  10. empackets
  11. empadão

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