embeber

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin imbibere.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.beˈbe(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.beˈbe(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.beˈbe(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.beˈbe(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.beˈbe(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.beˈbe(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.beˈbe(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.beˈbe(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: em‧be‧ber

Verb

embeber (first-person singular present embebo, first-person singular preterite embebi, past participle embebido)

  1. to soak, impregnate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embeber (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal embeber
Personal embeber embeberes embeber embebermos embeberdes embeberem
Gerund
embebendo
Past participle
Masculine embebido embebidos
Feminine embebida embebidas
Indicative
Present embebo embebes embebe embebemos embebeis embebem
Imperfect embebia embebias embebia embebíamos embebíeis embebiam
Preterite embebi embebeste embebeu embebemos embebestes embeberam
Pluperfect embebera embeberas embebera embebêramos embebêreis embeberam
Future embeberei embeberás embeberá embeberemos embebereis embeberão
Conditional embeberia embeberias embeberia embeberíamos embeberíeis embeberiam
Subjunctive
Present embeba embebas embeba embebamos embebais embebam
Imperfect embebesse embebesses embebesse embebêssemos embebêsseis embebessem
Future embeber embeberes embeber embebermos embeberdes embeberem
Imperative
Affirmative embebe embeba embebamos embebei embebam
Negative (não) não embebas não embeba não embebamos não embebais não embebam

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin imbibere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /embeˈbeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧be‧ber

Verb

embeber (first-person singular present embebo, first-person singular preterite embebí, past participle embebido)

  1. (transitive) to absorb, to soak up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embeber (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive embeber
gerund embebiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular embebido embebida
plural embebidos embebidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present embebo embebestú
embebésvos 		embebe embebemos embebéis embeben
imperfect embebía embebías embebía embebíamos embebíais embebían
preterite embebí embebiste embebió embebimos embebisteis embebieron
future embeberé embeberás embeberá embeberemos embeberéis embeberán
conditional embebería embeberías embebería embeberíamos embeberíais embeberían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present embeba embebastú
embebásvos2 		embeba embebamos embebáis embeban
imperfect
(ra) 		embebiera embebieras embebiera embebiéramos embebierais embebieran
imperfect
(se) 		embebiese embebieses embebiese embebiésemos embebieseis embebiesen
future1 embebiere embebieres embebiere embebiéremos embebiereis embebieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative embebetú
embebévos 		embeba embebamos embebed embeban
negative no embebas no embeba no embebamos no embebáis no embeban

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of embeber

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive embeber
dative embeberme embeberte embeberle, embeberse embebernos embeberos embeberles, embeberse
accusative embeberme embeberte embeberlo, embeberla, embeberse embebernos embeberos embeberlos, embeberlas, embeberse
with gerund embebiendo
dative embebiéndome embebiéndote embebiéndole, embebiéndose embebiéndonos embebiéndoos embebiéndoles, embebiéndose
accusative embebiéndome embebiéndote embebiéndolo, embebiéndola, embebiéndose embebiéndonos embebiéndoos embebiéndolos, embebiéndolas, embebiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative embebe
dative embébeme embébete embébele embébenos not used embébeles
accusative embébeme embébete embébelo, embébela embébenos not used embébelos, embébelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative embebé
dative embebeme embebete embebele embebenos not used embebeles
accusative embebeme embebete embebelo, embebela embebenos not used embebelos, embebelas
with formal second-person singular imperative embeba
dative embébame not used embébale, embébase embébanos not used embébales
accusative embébame not used embébalo, embébala, embébase embébanos not used embébalos, embébalas
with first-person plural imperative embebamos
dative not used embebámoste embebámosle embebámonos embebámoos embebámosles
accusative not used embebámoste embebámoslo, embebámosla embebámonos embebámoos embebámoslos, embebámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative embebed
dative embebedme not used embebedle embebednos embebeos embebedles
accusative embebedme not used embebedlo, embebedla embebednos embebeos embebedlos, embebedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative embeban
dative embébanme not used embébanle embébannos not used embébanles, embébanse
accusative embébanme not used embébanlo, embébanla embébannos not used embébanlos, embébanlas, embébanse

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