absorbi

See also: absorbí

Esperanto

Etymology

From English absorb, French absorber, German absorbieren, Polish absorbować.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abˈsorbi/
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  • Rhymes: -orbi
  • Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧bi

Verb

absorbi (present absorbas, past absorbis, future absorbos, conditional absorbus, volitive absorbu)

  1. (transitive) to absorb, preoccupy
  2. (transitive, nonstandard) to soak up, take in
    Synonym: sorbi
    • 1909, L. L. Zamenhof, “Supo el kolbasaj bastonetoj”, in Fabeloj de Andersen [Andersen's Fables]‎[1], translation of original by Hans Christian Andersen:
      Tiuj libroj estis tiel grasmakulaj, ili certe absorbis en sin tutajn torentojn da larmoj.
      Those books were so greasy, they must have absorbed whole torrents of tears.

Conjugation

Conjugation of absorbi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense absorbas absorbis absorbos
active participle absorbanta absorbantaj absorbinta absorbintaj absorbonta absorbontaj
acc. absorbantan absorbantajn absorbintan absorbintajn absorbontan absorbontajn
passive participle absorbata absorbataj absorbita absorbitaj absorbota absorbotaj
acc. absorbatan absorbatajn absorbitan absorbitajn absorbotan absorbotajn
nominal active participle absorbanto absorbantoj absorbinto absorbintoj absorbonto absorbontoj
acc. absorbanton absorbantojn absorbinton absorbintojn absorbonton absorbontojn
nominal passive participle absorbato absorbatoj absorbito absorbitoj absorboto absorbotoj
acc. absorbaton absorbatojn absorbiton absorbitojn absorboton absorbotojn
adverbial active participle absorbante absorbinte absorbonte
adverbial passive participle absorbate absorbite absorbote
infinitive absorbi imperative absorbu conditional absorbus

Derived terms

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French absorber, from Latin absorbēre, based on sorbi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /absorˈbi/

Verb

a absorbi (third-person singular present absoarbe, past participle absorbit, third-person subjunctive absoarbă) 4th conjugation

  1. to absorb

Conjugation

Derived terms