absorver

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin absorbēre (“to absorb”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ab.soʁˈve(ʁ)/ [ab.soɦˈve(h)], /a.bi.zoʁˈve(ʁ)/ [a.bi.zoɦˈve(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ab.soɾˈve(ɾ)/, /a.bi.zoɾˈve(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ab.soʁˈve(ʁ)/ [ab.soʁˈve(χ)], /a.bi.zoʁˈve(ʁ)/ [a.bi.zoʁˈve(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ab.soɻˈve(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bsɔɾˈveɾ/ [ɐ.βsɔɾˈveɾ]

  • Rhymes: -eʁ, -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧ver

Verb

absorver (first-person singular present absorvo, first-person singular preterite absorvi, past participle absorvido, short past participle (Brazil only) absorto)

  1. (transitive) to absorb
    Synonyms: sorver, embeber
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be enraptured; to concentrate
  3. inflection of absorver:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation
    Conjugation of absorver (irregular short past participle) (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 absorver
Personal absorver absorveres absorver absorvermos absorverdes absorverem
Gerund
absorvendo
Short past participle
Masculine absorto1,2 absortos1,2
Feminine absorta1,2 absortas1,2
Long past participle
Masculine absorvido3 absorvidos3
Feminine absorvida3 absorvidas3
Indicative
Present absorvo absorves absorve absorvemos absorveis absorvem
Imperfect absorvia absorvias absorvia absorvíamos absorvíeis absorviam
Preterite absorvi absorveste absorveu absorvemos absorvestes absorveram
Pluperfect absorvera absorveras absorvera absorvêramos absorvêreis absorveram
Future absorverei absorverás absorverá absorveremos absorvereis absorverão
Conditional
absorveria absorverias absorveria absorveríamos absorveríeis absorveriam
Subjunctive
Present absorva absorvas absorva absorvamos absorvais absorvam
Imperfect absorvesse absorvesses absorvesse absorvêssemos absorvêsseis absorvessem
Future absorver absorveres absorver absorvermos absorverdes absorverem
Imperative
Affirmative absorve absorva absorvamos absorvei absorvam
Negative (não) não absorvas não absorva não absorvamos não absorvais não absorvam

1Brazil only.
2Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
3Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.

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