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impregnada

English translation: permeated

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:impregnada
English translation:permeated
Entered by: Marcela Robaina Boyd

15:34 Oct 9, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Spanish term or phrase: impregnada
Nuestra sensibilidad está impregnada asimismo del pacifismo y feminismo contemporáneos.
eddazz
Local time: 15:53
permeated
Explanation:
Si comparas las definición de "impregnar" del DRAE con la que aparece en un diccionario inglés-inglés, verás que tienen muchos puntos en común, no solo denotativos sino connotativos.
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Marcela Robaina Boyd
Argentina
Local time: 10:53
Grading comment
Thanks to all!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4permeated
Marcela Robaina Boyd
4 +2suffused
anamaria bulgariu
4 +1saturated
Refugio
4 +1impregnated
Adriana Penco
4 +1pervaded
Romina Bona
5steeped
Robert Forstag
4imbued [with]
liz askew
4run through with
Noni Gilbert Riley
4informed by
beatricepeaslee


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
suffused


Explanation:
It seems like the right word here.

anamaria bulgariu
Romania
Local time: 16:53
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  percebilla
3 hrs
agree  Sandra Rodriguez
14 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
saturated


Explanation:
Another option.

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-10-09 15:41:43 GMT)
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UCT News / Monday Paper / Archives
... seeing many of South Africa's (and humanity's) dilemmas through a sensibility saturated in European authors from Dostoyevsky to Kafka." ...
www.news.uct.ac.za/mondaypaper/archives/?id=4080 - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
William Carlos Williams - Biography
His striking experiments are expressive of American sensibility, saturated with speech and its rhythms, drawing comparisons to Whitman. ...
www.imdb.com/name/nm0931937/bio - 21k - Cached - Similar pages
CABARET REVIEW; Machismo Disguising A Sensitive Inner Core - New ...
... Wallowitch and Charles DeForest, songwriters and performers who exhibit a Cole Porter-like sensibility saturated in a late-night piano-bar ambience. ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E4D81F3AF935A15757C0A96F958260 - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

Refugio
Local time: 06:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 46

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  liz askew: Hmm, I though "sensibilidad" = sensitivity?
4 mins
  -> It can mean either, in this case sensibility
agree  Lydia De Jorge: BTW- in this context 'sensibilidad'=sensibility
49 mins
  -> Thanks, Lydia
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
imbued [with]


Explanation:
imbue: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.comimbue ( ) tr.v. , -bued , -buing , -bues . To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade: work imbued with the revolutionary spirit.
www.answers.com/topic/imbue - 60k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 8 mins (2007-10-09 15:42:56 GMT)
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'impregnar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
teñir
English:
impregnate - permeate - pervade

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
impregnated


Explanation:
Absolutely correct & adequate.

"Our sensitivity is also impregnated with contemporary pacifism and feminism".

Adriana Penco
Local time: 10:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sinead --
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
permeated


Explanation:
Si comparas las definición de "impregnar" del DRAE con la que aparece en un diccionario inglés-inglés, verás que tienen muchos puntos en común, no solo denotativos sino connotativos.

Example sentence(s):
  • Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths" Freeman J. Dyson.

    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/permeate
Marcela Robaina Boyd
Argentina
Local time: 10:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks to all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  R. Alex Jenkins
6 mins
agree  LiaBarros
4 hrs
agree  Victoria Frazier
5 hrs
agree  Daniel Greuel
6 hrs
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pervaded


Explanation:

Pervade: To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be
diffused throughout.



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Note added at 40 minutos (2007-10-09 16:14:50 GMT)
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Otro ejemplo de uso

"A spirit of cabal, intrigue, and proselytism, pervaded all their thoughts, words, and actions." Edmund Burke


    Reference: http://dict.die.net/pervaded/
Romina Bona
Argentina
Local time: 10:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nora Bellettieri: Oxford's: impregnar: 2) b) (liter) "sentimientos" to pervade
10 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
steeped


Explanation:
I hate to burden your tender young mind with yet another answer, but I would not offer it if I didn't think it better than any of the other choices offered thus far.

Suerte.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 09:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 152
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
run through with


Explanation:
...besides all of the above!

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 15:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
informed by


Explanation:
This seems like a better fit for the context...less physical, more consistent with the intellectual tone.

beatricepeaslee
Local time: 05:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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