embeure

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin imbibō. By surface analysis, em- +‎ beure.

Verb

embeure (first-person singular present embec, first-person singular preterite embeguí, past participle embegut)

1. (transitive) to absorb

   Synonym: absorbir

2. (transitive) to saturate

   Synonym: amarar

3. (transitive) (of clothing) to shrink

   Synonym: encongir

4. (pronominal, figurative) to become engrossed (de in)

   M'embevia de poemes de Baudelaire.

   I became engrossed in Baudelaire's poems.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embeure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			embeure
gerund			embevent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		embegut		embeguda
		plural		embeguts		embegudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	embec	embeus	embeu	embevem	embeveu	embeuen
	imperfect	embevia	embevies	embevia	embevíem	embevíeu	embevien
	future	embeuré	embeuràs	embeurà	embeurem	embeureu	embeuran
	preterite	embeguí	embegueres	embegué	embeguérem	embeguéreu	embegueren
	conditional	embeuria	embeuries	embeuria	embeuríem	embeuríeu	embeurien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	embegui	embeguis	embegui	embeguem	embegueu	embeguin
	imperfect	embegués	embeguessis	embegués	embeguéssim	embeguéssiu	embeguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	embeu	embegui	embeguem	embeveu	embeguin
	negative (no)	—	no embeguis	no embegui	no embeguem	no embegueu	no embeguin

Related terms

• imbibició

Further reading

• “embeure” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “embeure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “embeure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “embeure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.