impregnar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowings from Esperanto impregni, Spanish impregnar, German imprägnieren, English impregnate, French imprégner, Italian impregnare. See also Russian пропи́тывать (propítyvatʹ).

Verb

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

  1. to impregnate
  2. to saturate

Conjugation

Conjugation of impregnar
present past future
infinitive impregnar impregnir impregnor
tense impregnas impregnis impregnos
conditional impregnus
imperative impregnez
adjective active participle impregnanta impregninta impregnonta
adverbial active participle impregnante impregninte impregnonte
nominal
active participle
singular impregnanto impregninto impregnonto
plural impregnanti impregninti impregnonti
adjective passive participle impregnata impregnita impregnota
adverbial passive participle impregnate impregnite impregnote
nominal
passive participle
singular impregnato impregnito impregnoto
plural impregnati impregniti impregnoti

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impraegnāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (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)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾɨɡˈnaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾɨɡˈna.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: im‧preg‧nar

Verb

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

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impraegnāre. Doublet of empreñar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

Conjugation

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