impregnar

/[ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#80,162

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

impregnar is aSpanishverb. It means: Hacer que las partículas de una sustancia o materia penetren en otra. Pronounced [ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ].

Key facts for impregnar
PropertyValue
Headwordimpregnar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of impregnar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for impregnar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,162 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for impregnar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is impregnar, spelled I-M-P-R-E-G-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer que las partículas de una sustancia o materia penetren en otra.
  2. 2
    Llenar de líquido o humedad los poros de un material.
  3. 3
    Llenar la conciencia o ejercer fuerte impacto o influencia en ella; dejar una impronta en el espíritu.

Antonyms

Frequency rank: #80,162 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impregnar"?
"impregnar" is spelled I-M-P-R-E-G-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ].
What does "impregnar" mean?
As a verb, "impregnar" means: Hacer que las partículas de una sustancia o materia penetren en otra.
How do you pronounce "impregnar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impregnar" is [ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "impregnar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.