impregnar

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Etymology

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Verb

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impregnar (present tense impregnas, past tense impregnis, future tense impregnos, imperative impregnez, conditional impregnus)

  1. to impregnate
  2. to saturate

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin impraegnāre.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾeɡˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾeɡˈna(h)], /ĩ.pɾe.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.ɡiˈna(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾeɡˈna(ɾ)/, /ĩ.pɾe.ɡiˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾeɡˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾeɡˈna(χ)], /ĩ.pɾe.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.ɡiˈna(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾeɡˈna(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: im‧preg‧nar

Verb

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impregnar (first-person singular present impregno, first-person singular preterite impregnei, past participle impregnado)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to soak; pass on
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to infiltrate; to penetrate
  3. (transitive) to fill
  4. (transitive) to impregnate, fertilize

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin impraegnāre. Doublet of empreñar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /impɾeɡˈnaɾ/ [ĩm.pɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: im‧preg‧nar

Verb

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impregnar (first-person singular present impregno, first-person singular preterite impregné, past participle impregnado)

  1. (transitive) to impregnate, permeate (to fill pores or spaces with a substance)
    • 1928, Horacio Quiroga, El hijo:
      Un profundo zumbido que llena el ser entero e impregna el ámbito hasta donde la vista alcanza, concentra a esa hora toda la vida tropical.
      A deep hum that fills the whole being and permeates the environment as far as the eye can see, concentrating all tropical life on this hour.

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