imbuir
Spanish, verb/imˈbwiɾ/
imbuir is spelled I-M-B-U-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 162,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imbuir is a Spanish verb meaning “to imbue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Revestir, impregnar, instilar; influenciar a alguien con una ideología”.
What does imbuir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to imbue
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Revestir, impregnar, instilar; influenciar a alguien con una ideología.
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 imbuir
- imbuyo first-person present singular
- imbuí first-person preterite singular
- imbuido participle past
- imbuyendo gerund
- imbuida feminine participle past
- imbuidos masculine participle past
- imbuidas feminine participle past
- imbuyes indicative informal present
- imbuís indicative informal present
- imbuye indicative present singular
- imbuimos first-person indicative plural
- imbuyen indicative plural present
- imbuía first-person imperfect indicative
- imbuías imperfect indicative second-person
- imbuíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- imbuíais imperfect indicative plural
- imbuían imperfect indicative plural
- imbuiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imbuir?
- /imˈbwiɾ/
- [ĩmˈbwiɾ]
- [ĩmbuˈiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imbuir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imbuir in Spanish?
imbuir appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).