empapar
Spanish, verb/empaˈpaɾ/
empapar is spelled E-M-P-A-P-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empapar is a Spanish verb meaning “to drench” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Impregnar bien de líquido algo; ponerlo mojado; saturarlo de líquido”.
What does empapar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drench
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Impregnar bien de líquido algo; ponerlo mojado; saturarlo de líquido. 2. Referido a un líquido, penetrar, permear, impregnar o calar los poros de un cuerpo. 3. Pasar un cuerpo esponjoso o poroso (como un paño) sobre un líquido para absorberlo o chuparlo. 4. Referido a una idea u otra cosa inmaterial, llenar o penetrar algo, en particular una época, un estado mental, una percepción, etc.
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 empapar
- empapo first-person present singular
- empapé first-person preterite singular
- empapado participle past
- empapando gerund
- empapada feminine participle past
- empapados masculine participle past
- empapadas feminine participle past
- empapas indicative informal present
- empapás indicative informal present
- empapa indicative present singular
- empapamos first-person indicative plural
- empapáis indicative plural present
- empapan indicative plural present
- empapaba first-person imperfect indicative
- empapabas imperfect indicative second-person
- empapábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- empapabais imperfect indicative plural
- empapaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empapar?
- /empaˈpaɾ/
- [ẽm.paˈpaɾ]
- [ẽmpaˈpaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empapar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empapar in Spanish?
empapar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).