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emparentar

to be related

verb em-pah-rren-TAHR Rare

Origin: From em- + pariente (relative), from Latin parens.

Also means

to connect by marriage

Usage Note

Emparentar means to become related through marriage or to establish a kinship link — emparentar con una familia noble (to marry into a noble family). It is also used figuratively to link two concepts or things by origin. It is a stem-changing verb (e→ie in stressed syllables): empariento, emparientas, etc.

Examples

"Las dos familias emparentaron por ese matrimonio."

Natural Translation

The two families became related through that marriage.

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