empollar in English

to swot, to cram (for an exam) verb Spain

Number 3,301 of the 5,000 most used words in everyday Spanish.

Example

Me pasé el fin de semana empollando para el examen.

I spent the weekend cramming for the exam.

In Latin America

At this place in the list: machetear (to cram, to swot (for an exam)).

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