imbuir
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.buˈi(ʁ)/
imbuir is spelled I-M-B-U-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imbuir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to imbue (wet or stain completely)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “embeber, imergir”.
What does imbuir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to imbue (wet or stain completely)
- 2
to imbue (permeate or impregnate completely)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. embeber, imergir 2. implantar, convencer 3. impregnar-se, deixar-se penetrar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of imbuir
- imbuo first-person present singular
- imbuí first-person preterite singular
- imbuído participle past
- imbuíres infinitive second-person singular
- imbuirmos first-person infinitive plural
- imbuirdes infinitive plural second-person
- imbuírem infinitive plural third-person
- imbuindo gerund
- imbuídos masculine participle past
- imbuída feminine participle past
- imbuídas feminine participle past
- imbuis indicative present second-person
- imbui indicative present singular
- imbuímos first-person indicative plural
- imbuís indicative plural present
- imbuem indicative plural present
- imbuía first-person imperfect indicative
- imbuías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imbuir?
- Brazil /ĩ.buˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.buˈi(h)]
- Brazil /ĩˈbwi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
imbuir appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).