| Principal Translations |
| empapar⇒ vtr | (mojar abundantemente) | soak⇒ vtr |
| | (infuse) | steep⇒ vtr |
| | Empapé el pan en leche para hacer las torrijas. |
| | ¡Mamá, Tomás me empapó con la manguera! |
| | I soaked the bread in milk to make French toast. |
| empapar vtr | (líquido: penetrar algo) | drench⇒, soak⇒, saturate⇒ vtr |
| | (figurative) | impregnate⇒ vtr |
| | La lluvia empapó la tierra llenándola de vida. |
| | The rain drenched the soil, filling it with life. |
| empapar vtr | (absorber líquido) | soak up, take up vtr phrasal sep |
| | | absorb⇒, imbibe⇒ vtr |
| | (person: [sth] abstract) | imbibe⇒ vtr |
| | La tierra reseca empapó el agua de lluvia. |
| | The parched earth soaked up rainwater. |
| empapar vtr | (secar con algo) (with sponge, cloth) | soak up, sop up vtr phrasal sep |
| | (with cloth) | towel up, wipe up vtr phrasal sep |
| | (with mop) | mop up vtr phrasal sep |
| | | swab⇒ vtr |
| | Empapó el vino que se había derramado con una bayeta. |
| | He used a cloth to soak (or: sop) up the wine that had spilled. |
| empaparse⇒ v prnl | (mojarse abundantemente) | be soaked, be drenched vi + adj |
| | | get soaked, get drenched vi + adj |
| | Con la lluvia que ha caído me he empapado entero. |
| | I got soaked in all the rain. |
| empaparse de v prnl + prep | (enterarse, comprender) | learnt about vi + prep |
| | | understand⇒ vtr |
| | | find out about v expr |
| | Estoy estudiando física porque quiero empaparme del tema de la energía nuclear. |
| | I am studying physics because I want to learn about nuclear energy. |
| empaparse de v prnl + prep | (aprender una doctrina) | get steeped in, be steeped in v expr |
| | | be infused with v expr |
| | (completely) | be immersed in v expr |
| | En su juventud, aquel anciano fue a Rusia y se empapó de la doctrina comunista. |
| | In his youth that old man went to Russia and got steeped in communist doctrine. |