Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
impregnada
English translation:
permeated
Added to glossary by
Marcela Robaina Boyd
Oct 9, 2007 15:34
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
impregnada
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Nuestra sensibilidad está impregnada asimismo del pacifismo y feminismo contemporáneos.
Proposed translations
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Change log
Oct 10, 2007 16:47: Marcela Robaina Boyd Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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13 mins
Marcela Robaina Boyd
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Argentina
GETTING YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS...IN SPANISH
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Argentine, US, Mexican, Chilean, Rioplatense, Latin American, Standard-Spain, Uruguayan) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English
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8
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permeated
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:
Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths" Freeman J. Dyson.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all!"
+2
3 mins
anamaria bulgariu
Romania
Romania
Romania
High thoughts must have high language.
Native in: Romanian (Variant: Romania) 
Works in: English to Romanian, Spanish to Romanian, Romanian to English, and 3 more.
suffused
It seems like the right word here.
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4 mins
saturated
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
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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
Peer comment(s):
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liz askew
: Hmm, I though "sensibilidad" = sensitivity?
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It can mean either, in this case sensibility
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Lydia De Jorge
: BTW- in this context 'sensibilidad'=sensibility
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Thanks, Lydia
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imbued [with]
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
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
+1
9 mins
Adriana Penco
Native in Spanish
Works in field
A seasoned translator, writer, editor.
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Rioplatense)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 3 more.
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8
impregnated
Absolutely correct & adequate.
"Our sensitivity is also impregnated with contemporary pacifism and feminism".
"Our sensitivity is also impregnated with contemporary pacifism and feminism".
+1
35 mins
Romina Bona
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Argentina
English Spanish translator in La Plata
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
pervaded
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
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Nora Bellettieri
: Oxford's: impregnar: 2) b) (liter) "sentimientos" to pervade
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Robert Forstag
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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152
steeped
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.
Suerte.
1 hr
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
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24
run through with
...besides all of the above!
3 hrs
informed by
This seems like a better fit for the context...less physical, more consistent with the intellectual tone.
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