penetrar — meaning in English

English meaning

• penetrate verb To make a way into or through something; to pierce or pass into the interior of something.
• soak verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.

Senses

penetrar is used for these senses in English:

• penetrate To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
• soak (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

penetrate — full definition

1. verb To make a way into or through something; to pierce or pass into the interior of something.
2. verb To come to understand something fully despite difficulty; to see through to the truth of it.

soak — full definition

1. verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.
2. verb Informal: to charge someone an excessive amount of money.
3. noun A period of being immersed in liquid.

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