empecer
/empeˈseɾ/ verb C2- to impede, hinder
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- empecer
- Gerund
- empeciendo
- Past participle
- empecido
- Present (yo)
- empezco
- Preterite (yo)
- empecí
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
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