embeure

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Etymology

From Latin imbibō. By surface analysis, em- +‎ beure.

Verb

embeure (first-person singular present embec, first-person singular preterite embeguí, past participle embegut)

  1. (transitive) to absorb
    Synonym: absorbir
  2. (transitive) to saturate
    Synonym: amarar
  3. (transitive) (of clothing) to shrink
    Synonym: encongir
  4. (pronominal, figurative) to become engrossed (de in)
    M'embevia de poemes de Baudelaire.
    I became engrossed in Baudelaire's poems.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embeure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive embeure
gerund embevent
past participle masculine feminine
singular embegut embeguda
plural embeguts embegudes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present embec embeus embeu embevem embeveu embeuen
imperfect embevia embevies embevia embevíem embevíeu embevien
future embeuré embeuràs embeurà embeurem embeureu embeuran
preterite embeguí embegueres embegué embeguérem embeguéreu embegueren
conditional embeuria embeuries embeuria embeuríem embeuríeu embeurien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present embegui embeguis embegui embeguem embegueu embeguin
imperfect embegués embeguessis embegués embeguéssim embeguéssiu embeguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — embeu embegui embeguem embeveu embeguin
negative (no) — no embeguis no embegui no embeguem no embegueu no embeguin

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