- empapar
- v.1 to soak (mojar) (material).2 to soak up.* * *empapar► verbo transitivo1 (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 drenched2 (absorber) to soak up■ el algodón empapa el agua cotton soaks up water► verbo pronominal empaparse1 (humedecerse) to get soaked2 (persona) to get soaked, get drenched, be soaked, be drenched■ se empapó en sudor he was drenched in sweat3 figurado (ideas etc) to soak up4 figurado (enterarse bien) to swot up (de, on)* * *1. VT1) (=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 upempapó toda el agua con una bayeta — she soaked up all the water with a cloth
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (embeber) <esponja/toalla/galleta> to soakempapar algo en algo — to soak something in something
b) (mojar mucho) <persona> to soak, drench2.empaparse v prona) (mojarse mucho) persona/zapatos/ropa to get soaking wet, get wet throughb) (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
* * *= 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.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (embeber) <esponja/toalla/galleta> to soakempapar algo en algo — to soak something in something
b) (mojar mucho) <persona> to soak, drench2.empaparse v prona) (mojarse mucho) persona/zapatos/ropa to get soaking wet, get wet throughb) (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
* * *= 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.* * *empapar [A1 ]vt1 (embeber) ‹esponja/paño› to soak empapar algo EN algo to soak sth IN sthempapar las galletas en jerez soak the biscuits in sherry2 (mojar mucho) to soak, drench, saturateme empapó con la manguera she soaked o drenched o saturated me with the hosepipeel sudor le había empapado la camisa his shirt was soaked with o drenched in sweat■ empaparsev pron1 (mojarse mucho) «persona» to get wet through o soaking wet o soaked o drenched; «zapatos/ropa» to get soaking wet, get wet through2 (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 sect3 (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* * *
empapar (conjugate empapar) verbo transitivoa) (embeber) ‹esponja/toalla/galleta› to soakb) (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
* * *empapar♦ vt1. [humedecer] to soak;empapa la bayeta bien de o [m5]en agua soak the cloth in plenty of water2. [absorber] to soak up3. [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* * *empaparv/t soak; (absorber) soak up* * *empapar vtmojar: to soak, to drench♦ See also the reflexive verb empaparse* * *empapar vb1. (mojar) to soak / to drenchla lluvia ha empapado la tierra the rain has soaked the earth2. (absorber) to soak upla esponja empapa el agua the sponge soaks up water
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.