soak
 transitive verb
 enchoupar
EN He felt rigid and barren, like a pair of boots that has been soaked and gone dry so that you can hardly force your feet into them.
GL Sentiuse irto e inútil, coma un par de botas enchoupadas que logo, ó secaren, custa traballo poder calzar.
 Fonte: CAR (1365)
..... to soak up
absorber
EN The metro has helped soak up the traffic snarls that plagued this city of 370,000 inhabitants-a million counting the suburbs.
GL Sobre todo, contribúen a absorber parte do caos circulatorio que imperaba nunha cidade de 370.000 habitantes, que se eleva a un millón se temos en conta a súa periferia.
Fonte: C17 (1044)
..... to get soaked
poñerse coma un pito, pórse coma un pito
EN I'm going to get soaked.
GL Voume pór coma un pito.
Fonte: C06 (725)
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snowy, snub, snuff, snuffle, snug, snuggery, snuggle, snugly, so, soak, soap, soap-opera, soar, soaring, sob, sober, sober-minded, sobriety, so-called