empapar

v.

1 to soak (mojar) (material).

2 to soak up.

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empapar

► verbo transitivo

1 (humedecer) to soak; (penetrar) to soak, drench

■ empapar un vestido en agua jabonosa to soak a dress in soapy water

■ la lluvia nos empapó we got drenched

2 (absorber) to soak up

■ el algodón empapa el agua cotton soaks up water

► verbo pronominal empaparse

1 (humedecerse) to get soaked

2 (persona) to get soaked, get drenched, be soaked, be drenched

■ se empapó en sudor he was drenched in sweat

3 figurado (ideas etc) to soak up

4 figurado (enterarse bien) to swot up (de, on)

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1. VT

1) (=mojar) to soak, drench

cierra la ducha que me estás empapando — can you turn the shower off, you're soaking o drenching me

estar empapado hasta los huesos — to be soaked to the skin

2) (=absorber) to soak up

empapó toda el agua con una bayeta — she soaked up all the water with a cloth

2.

See:

empaparse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (embeber) <esponja/toalla/galleta> to soak

empapar algo en algo — to soak something in something

b) (mojar mucho) <persona> to soak, drench

2.

empaparse v pron

a) (mojarse mucho) persona/zapatos/ropa to get soaking wet, get wet through

b) (imbuirse)

empaparse de or en algo — to be/become imbued with something (frml)

empapado de la filosofía de la secta — imbued with o steeped in the philosophy of the sect

c) (instruirse)

empaparse de or en algo: se había empapado del tema — he had learned a lot about the subject

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= drench, soak, imbue, saturate, soak up.

Ex. This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.

Ex. In the vacuum soaking process paper is soaked in a watery neutralising liquid in a vacuum chamber.

Ex. Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.

Ex. This article outlines briefly the work of the British Library aimed at improving paper quality by saturating books by a monomeric mixture of esters.

Ex. They gradually soak up language, discovering the rules by which it works almost without noticing it.

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* empaparse de = steep + Reflexivo + in, imbibe.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (embeber) <esponja/toalla/galleta> to soak

empapar algo en algo — to soak something in something

b) (mojar mucho) <persona> to soak, drench

2.

empaparse v pron

a) (mojarse mucho) persona/zapatos/ropa to get soaking wet, get wet through

b) (imbuirse)

empaparse de or en algo — to be/become imbued with something (frml)

empapado de la filosofía de la secta — imbued with o steeped in the philosophy of the sect

c) (instruirse)

empaparse de or en algo: se había empapado del tema — he had learned a lot about the subject

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= drench, soak, imbue, saturate, soak up.

Ex: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.

Ex: In the vacuum soaking process paper is soaked in a watery neutralising liquid in a vacuum chamber.

Ex: Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.

Ex: This article outlines briefly the work of the British Library aimed at improving paper quality by saturating books by a monomeric mixture of esters.

Ex: They gradually soak up language, discovering the rules by which it works almost without noticing it.

* empaparse de = steep + Reflexivo + in, imbibe.

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empapar [A1 ]

vt

1 (embeber) ‹esponja/paño› to soak empapar algo EN algo to soak sth IN sth

empapar las galletas en jerez soak the biscuits in sherry

2 (mojar mucho) to soak, drench, saturate

me empapó con la manguera she soaked o drenched o saturated me with the hosepipe

el sudor le había empapado la camisa his shirt was soaked with o drenched in sweat

■ empaparse

v pron

1 (mojarse mucho) «persona» to get wet through o soaking wet o soaked o drenched; «zapatos/ropa» to get soaking wet, get wet through

2 (imbuirse) empaparse DE or EN algo to be/become imbued WITH sth (frml)

volvió empapado de la filosofía de la secta he returned imbued with o steeped in the philosophy of the sect

3 (instruirse) empaparse DE or EN algo:

se había empapado del tema he had done a lot of work on the subject, he had learned a lot about the subject

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empapar (conjugate empapar) verbo transitivo

a) (embeber) ‹esponja/toalla/galleta› to soak

b) (mojar mucho) ‹persona› to soak, drench

empaparse verbo pronominal (mojarse mucho) [persona/zapatos/ropa] to get soaking wet
empapar verbo transitivo
1 (mojar, calar) to soak: llegó con la camisa empapada en sudor, she came home with her shirt soaked in sweat
2 (con un paño) to soak up
'empapar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calar
- untar
English:
douse
- drench
- impregnate
- soak
- saturate

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empapar

♦ vt

1. [humedecer] to soak;

empapa la bayeta bien de o [m5]en agua soak the cloth in plenty of water

2. [absorber] to soak up

3. [calar] to saturate, to drench;

la lluvia me empapó I got soaked o drenched in the rain;

el sudor le empapaba la frente his forehead was drenched in sweat

♦ See also the pronominal verb empaparse

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empapar

v/t soak; (absorber) soak up

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empapar vt

mojar: to soak, to drench

♦ See also the reflexive verb empaparse

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empapar vb

1. (mojar) to soak / to drench

la lluvia ha empapado la tierra the rain has soaked the earth

2. (absorber) to soak up

la esponja empapa el agua the sponge soaks up water