• IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɛɡneɪt/

impregnate (impregnates, present participle impregnating; past and past participle impregnated)

1. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

   I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.

   Synonyms: knock up, inseminate, cover (of animals)

2. (transitive) To fertilize.
3. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
   • 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎, London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, OCLC 37805775 ↗, page 498:

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4. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
   • 1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent (page 121)

     It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left.

5. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.

• French: (subject is not a person) rendre enceinte, mettre enceinte, enceinter (dated), engrosser (colloquial)
• German: schwängern, besamen, befruchten
• Italian: ingravidare, mettere incinta, impregnare
• Portuguese: emprenhar, engravidar, fertilizar
• Russian: де́лать беременная
• Spanish: fertilizar, inseminar

• French: imprégner de
• Italian: impregnare
• Portuguese: impregnar
• Russian: насыща́ть

• French: imbiber
• German: imprägnieren
• Italian: impregnare, permeare, pigmentare
• Portuguese: impregnar, permear
• Russian: пропи́тывать