imbuir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imbuere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbujʁ/ [ĩˈbuɪ̯h]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbujʁ/ [ĩˈbuɪ̯h]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbujɾ/ [ĩˈbuɪ̯ɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbujʁ/ [ĩˈbuɪ̯χ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbujɻ/ [ĩˈbuɪ̯ɻ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbujɾ/

• Hyphenation: im‧bu‧ir

Verb

imbuir (first-person singular present imbuo, first-person singular preterite imbuí, past participle imbuído)

1. to imbue (wet or stain completely)
2. to imbue (permeate or impregnate completely)

   Synonym: impregnar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imbuir (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	imbuir
Personal	imbuir	imbuíres	imbuir	imbuirmos	imbuirdes	imbuírem
Gerund
	imbuindo
Past participle
Masculine	imbuído			imbuídos
Feminine	imbuída			imbuídas
Indicative
Present	imbuo	imbuis	imbui	imbuímos	imbuís	imbuem
Imperfect	imbuía	imbuías	imbuía	imbuíamos	imbuíeis	imbuíam
Preterite	imbuí	imbuíste	imbuiu	imbuímos	imbuístes	imbuíram
Pluperfect	imbuíra	imbuíras	imbuíra	imbuíramos	imbuíreis	imbuíram
Future	imbuirei	imbuirás	imbuirá	imbuiremos	imbuireis	imbuirão
Conditional	imbuiria	imbuirias	imbuiria	imbuiríamos	imbuiríeis	imbuiriam
Subjunctive
Present	imbua	imbuas	imbua	imbuamos	imbuais	imbuam
Imperfect	imbuísse	imbuísses	imbuísse	imbuíssemos	imbuísseis	imbuíssem
Future	imbuir	imbuíres	imbuir	imbuirmos	imbuirdes	imbuírem
Imperative
Affirmative		imbui	imbua	imbuamos	imbuí	imbuam
Negative (não)		não imbuas	não imbua	não imbuamos	não imbuais	não imbuam

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin imbuō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈbwiɾ/ [ĩmˈbwiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: im‧buir

Verb

imbuir (first-person singular present imbuyo, first-person singular preterite imbuí, past participle imbuido)

1. (transitive) to imbue

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imbuir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			imbuir
gerund			imbuyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		imbuido		imbuida
		plural		imbuidos		imbuidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	imbuyo	imbuyestú imbuísvos	imbuye	imbuimos	imbuís	imbuyen
	imperfect	imbuía	imbuías	imbuía	imbuíamos	imbuíais	imbuían
	preterite	imbuí	imbuiste	imbuyó	imbuimos	imbuisteis	imbuyeron
	future	imbuiré	imbuirás	imbuirá	imbuiremos	imbuiréis	imbuirán
	conditional	imbuiría	imbuirías	imbuiría	imbuiríamos	imbuiríais	imbuirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	imbuya	imbuyastú imbuyásvos2	imbuya	imbuyamos	imbuyáis	imbuyan
	imperfect (ra)	imbuyera	imbuyeras	imbuyera	imbuyéramos	imbuyerais	imbuyeran
	imperfect (se)	imbuyese	imbuyeses	imbuyese	imbuyésemos	imbuyeseis	imbuyesen
	future1	imbuyere	imbuyeres	imbuyere	imbuyéremos	imbuyereis	imbuyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		imbuyetú imbuívos	imbuya	imbuyamos	imbuid	imbuyan
	negative		no imbuyas	no imbuya	no imbuyamos	no imbuyáis	no imbuyan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of imbuir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive imbuir
	dative	imbuirme	imbuirte	imbuirle, imbuirse	imbuirnos	imbuiros	imbuirles, imbuirse
	accusative	imbuirme	imbuirte	imbuirlo, imbuirla, imbuirse	imbuirnos	imbuiros	imbuirlos, imbuirlas, imbuirse
with gerund imbuyendo
	dative	imbuyéndome	imbuyéndote	imbuyéndole, imbuyéndose	imbuyéndonos	imbuyéndoos	imbuyéndoles, imbuyéndose
	accusative	imbuyéndome	imbuyéndote	imbuyéndolo, imbuyéndola, imbuyéndose	imbuyéndonos	imbuyéndoos	imbuyéndolos, imbuyéndolas, imbuyéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative imbuye
	dative	imbúyeme	imbúyete	imbúyele	imbúyenos	not used	imbúyeles
	accusative	imbúyeme	imbúyete	imbúyelo, imbúyela	imbúyenos	not used	imbúyelos, imbúyelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative imbuí
	dative	imbuime	imbuite	imbuile	imbuinos	not used	imbuiles
	accusative	imbuime	imbuite	imbuilo, imbuila	imbuinos	not used	imbuilos, imbuilas
with formal second-person singular imperative imbuya
	dative	imbúyame	not used	imbúyale, imbúyase	imbúyanos	not used	imbúyales
	accusative	imbúyame	not used	imbúyalo, imbúyala, imbúyase	imbúyanos	not used	imbúyalos, imbúyalas
with first-person plural imperative imbuyamos
	dative	not used	imbuyámoste	imbuyámosle	imbuyámonos	imbuyámoos	imbuyámosles
	accusative	not used	imbuyámoste	imbuyámoslo, imbuyámosla	imbuyámonos	imbuyámoos	imbuyámoslos, imbuyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative imbuid
	dative	imbuidme	not used	imbuidle	imbuidnos	imbuíos	imbuidles
	accusative	imbuidme	not used	imbuidlo, imbuidla	imbuidnos	imbuíos	imbuidlos, imbuidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative imbuyan
	dative	imbúyanme	not used	imbúyanle	imbúyannos	not used	imbúyanles, imbúyanse
	accusative	imbúyanme	not used	imbúyanlo, imbúyanla	imbúyannos	not used	imbúyanlos, imbúyanlas, imbúyanse

Further reading

• “imbuir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28