embeber
Spanish, verb/embeˈbeɾ/
embeber is spelled E-M-B-E-B-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embeber is a Spanish verb meaning “to absorb, to soak up, to imbibe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Absorber un material sólido un líquido hasta saturarse de este”.
What does embeber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to absorb, to soak up, to imbibe
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Absorber un material sólido un líquido hasta saturarse de este 2. Más generalmente, incorporar una cosa otra dentro de sí 3. Impregnar un material líquido con uno sólido 4. Por extensión, encajar un sólido dentro de otro
verb: 1. Hacerse algo más denso o tupido por influjo de un líquido
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 embeber
- embebo first-person present singular
- embebí first-person preterite singular
- embebido participle past
- embebiendo gerund
- embebida feminine participle past
- embebidos masculine participle past
- embebidas feminine participle past
- embebes indicative informal present
- embebés indicative informal present
- embebe indicative present singular
- embebemos first-person indicative plural
- embebéis indicative plural present
- embeben indicative plural present
- embebía first-person imperfect indicative
- embebías imperfect indicative second-person
- embebíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- embebíais imperfect indicative plural
- embebían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embeber?
- /embeˈbeɾ/
- [ẽm.beˈβ̞eɾ]
- [ẽmbeˈβ̞eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embeber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embeber in Spanish?
embeber appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).