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impregnar

to impregnate

verb eem-preg-NAHR Rare
Body & Health Senses

Origin: From Latin impregnare.

Also means

to saturate

Usage Note

Impregnar primarily means to saturate or permeate something with a substance — a smell, liquid, or dye — and is used far more often in this physical/figurative sense than to mean biological impregnation (for which embarazar or dejar embarazada is used). La madera quedó impregnada de humedad illustrates the typical usage.

Examples

"El olor del café impregnó toda la casa."

Natural Translation

The smell of coffee permeated the whole house.

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