absorber
Spanish, verb/absoɾˈbeɾ/
absorber is a Spanish verb meaning “to absorb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Referido a un cuerpo o sustancia sólida, atraer y retener entre sus moléculas las de otro en estado líquido o…”.
What does absorber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to absorb
- 2
to use up, to deplete
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Referido a un cuerpo o sustancia sólida, atraer y retener entre sus moléculas las de otro en estado líquido o gaseoso; dejarse penetrar. 2. Recibir o aspirar los tejidos orgánicos materias externas que, ya disueltas, ya aeriformes, contribuyen a la nutrición y a la vitalidad o son causa de enfermedades. 3. Consumir enteramente. 4. Atraer a sí, cautivar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of absorber
- absorbo first-person present singular
- absorbí first-person preterite singular
- absorbido participle past
- absorbiendo gerund
- absorbida feminine participle past
- absorbidos masculine participle past
- absorbidas feminine participle past
- absorbes indicative informal present
- absorbés indicative informal present
- absorbe indicative present singular
- absorbemos first-person indicative plural
- absorbéis indicative plural present
- absorben indicative plural present
- absorbía first-person imperfect indicative
- absorbías imperfect indicative second-person
- absorbíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- absorbíais imperfect indicative plural
- absorbían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absorber?
- /absoɾˈbeɾ/
- [aβ̞.soɾˈβ̞eɾ]
- [aβ̞soɾˈβ̞eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to absorber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absorber in Spanish?
absorber appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).