OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 10664

penetrate

/ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
penetrar
To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of char…
Light penetrates darkness.
penetrar
To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.
His weapons have been destroyed; his body has been or can be penetrated. In other words, he is rapable.
a male elephant comes up and penetrates the female