embeber

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin imbibere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.beˈbe(ʁ)/ [ẽ.beˈbe(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.beˈbe(ʁ)/ [ĩ.beˈbe(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.beˈbe(ʁ)/ [ẽ.beˈbe(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.beˈbe(ʁ)/ [ĩ.beˈbe(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.beˈbe(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.beˈbe(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.beˈbe(ʁ)/ [ẽ.beˈbe(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.beˈbe(ʁ)/ [ĩ.beˈbe(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.beˈbe(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.beˈbe(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɨˈbeɾ/ [ẽ.bɨˈβeɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɨˈbeɾ/ [ẽ.bɨˈβeɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɨˈbe.ɾi/ [ẽ.bɨˈβe.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: em‧be‧ber

Verb

embeber (first-person singular present embebo, first-person singular preterite embebi, past participle embebido)

1. to soak, impregnate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embeber (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	embeber
Personal	embeber	embeberes	embeber	embebermos	embeberdes	embeberem
Gerund
	embebendo
Past participle
Masculine	embebido			embebidos
Feminine	embebida			embebidas
Indicative
Present	embebo	embebes	embebe	embebemos	embebeis	embebem
Imperfect	embebia	embebias	embebia	embebíamos	embebíeis	embebiam
Preterite	embebi	embebeste	embebeu	embebemos	embebestes	embeberam
Pluperfect	embebera	embeberas	embebera	embebêramos	embebêreis	embeberam
Future	embeberei	embeberás	embeberá	embeberemos	embebereis	embeberão
Conditional	embeberia	embeberias	embeberia	embeberíamos	embeberíeis	embeberiam
Subjunctive
Present	embeba	embebas	embeba	embebamos	embebais	embebam
Imperfect	embebesse	embebesses	embebesse	embebêssemos	embebêsseis	embebessem
Future	embeber	embeberes	embeber	embebermos	embeberdes	embeberem
Imperative
Affirmative		embebe	embeba	embebamos	embebei	embebam
Negative (não)		não embebas	não embeba	não embebamos	não embebais	não embebam

Related terms

• beber

See also

• molhar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin imbibere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embeˈbeɾ/ [ẽm.beˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: em‧be‧ber

Verb

embeber (first-person singular present embebo, first-person singular preterite embebí, past participle embebido)

1. (transitive) to absorb, to soak up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embeber (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			embeber
gerund			embebiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		embebido		embebida
		plural		embebidos		embebidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embebo	embebestú embebésvos	embebe	embebemos	embebéis	embeben
	imperfect	embebía	embebías	embebía	embebíamos	embebíais	embebían
	preterite	embebí	embebiste	embebió	embebimos	embebisteis	embebieron
	future	embeberé	embeberás	embeberá	embeberemos	embeberéis	embeberán
	conditional	embebería	embeberías	embebería	embeberíamos	embeberíais	embeberían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embeba	embebastú embebásvos2	embeba	embebamos	embebáis	embeban
	imperfect (ra)	embebiera	embebieras	embebiera	embebiéramos	embebierais	embebieran
	imperfect (se)	embebiese	embebieses	embebiese	embebiésemos	embebieseis	embebiesen
	future1	embebiere	embebieres	embebiere	embebiéremos	embebiereis	embebieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		embebetú embebévos	embeba	embebamos	embebed	embeban
	negative		no embebas	no embeba	no embebamos	no embebáis	no embeban

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of embeber

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive embeber	dative	embeberme	embeberte	embeberle, embeberse	embebernos	embeberos	embeberles, embeberse
	accusative	embeberme	embeberte	embeberlo, embeberla, embeberse	embebernos	embeberos	embeberlos, embeberlas, embeberse
with gerund embebiendo	dative	embebiéndome	embebiéndote	embebiéndole, embebiéndose	embebiéndonos	embebiéndoos	embebiéndoles, embebiéndose
	accusative	embebiéndome	embebiéndote	embebiéndolo, embebiéndola, embebiéndose	embebiéndonos	embebiéndoos	embebiéndolos, embebiéndolas, embebiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative embebe	dative	embébeme	embébete	embébele	embébenos	not used	embébeles
	accusative	embébeme	embébete	embébelo, embébela	embébenos	not used	embébelos, embébelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative embebé	dative	embebeme	embebete	embebele	embebenos	not used	embebeles
	accusative	embebeme	embebete	embebelo, embebela	embebenos	not used	embebelos, embebelas
with formal second-person singular imperative embeba	dative	embébame	not used	embébale, embébase	embébanos	not used	embébales
	accusative	embébame	not used	embébalo, embébala, embébase	embébanos	not used	embébalos, embébalas
with first-person plural imperative embebamos	dative	not used	embebámoste	embebámosle	embebámonos	embebámoos	embebámosles
	accusative	not used	embebámoste	embebámoslo, embebámosla	embebámonos	embebámoos	embebámoslos, embebámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative embebed	dative	embebedme	not used	embebedle	embebednos	embebeos	embebedles
	accusative	embebedme	not used	embebedlo, embebedla	embebednos	embebeos	embebedlos, embebedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative embeban	dative	embébanme	not used	embébanle	embébannos	not used	embébanles, embébanse
	accusative	embébanme	not used	embébanlo, embébanla	embébannos	not used	embébanlos, embébanlas, embébanse

Related terms

• beber

 

Further reading

• “embeber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10