How to Say "to pack" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “to pack” is “empacar” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

English → SpanishA1

empacar

verbA1

putting items into a suitcase or box

Necesito empacar mi maleta para el viaje de mañana.

I need to pack my suitcase for tomorrow's trip.

Ya terminamos de empacar todas las cajas para la mudanza.

We already finished packing all the boxes for the move.

To keep the hard 'k' sound of the word, the 'c' changes to 'qu' whenever the next letter is an 'e' (like in 'empaqué' or 'empaque').

Mistake: “yo empacé”

Correction: yo empaqué (Spanish uses 'qu' before 'e' to keep the hard 'k' sound from the original word).

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