impenetrable

English

Etymology

From Latin impenetrabilis.

Adjective

impenetrable (not comparable)

1. Not penetrable.

   The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken.

2. (figuratively) Incomprehensible; inscrutable.

   Business jargon makes this document impenetrable, I can't understand it.

Antonyms

• penetrable

Translations

not penetrable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: neproniknutelný (cs) m
• Dutch: ondoordringbaar (nl)
• Finnish: läpitunkematon (fi)
• French: impénétrable (fr)

• German: undurchlässig (de)
• Romanian: impenetrabil (ro), de nepătruns (ro), de nestrăpuns (ro)
• Russian: (impermeable) непроницаемый (ru) (nepronicájemyj), непроходимый (ru) (neproxodímyj)
• Spanish: impenetrable (es)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin impenetrabilis.

Adjective

impenetrable m and f (plural impenetrables)

1. impenetrable
   • 1867, Cesare Cantù, Historia universal, 8, page 118:

     como una muralla impenetrable