empeño, endeavor, desire, perseverance; sermon de —, carefully prepared sermon (for a solemn occasion).

emperador, m., emperor.

empero, however.

empezar (ie), to begin; — á, to begin.

empleado, official, functionary, employee.

emplear, to employ.

empleo, office, employment, position.

empotrar, to mortise, imbed; empotrado en un poyo, fixed in a stone foundation.

emprender, to undertake, set or start out on.

empresa, enterprise.