imbibire

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imbibere, with change of conjugation.

Verb

imbibìre (first-person singular present imbibìsco, first-person singular past historic imbibìi, past participle imbibìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to soak something
  2. (transitive, chemistry) to measure the absorption of a liquid by a solid

Conjugation

Further reading

  • imbibire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana