infiltrate

English

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Verb

infiltrate (third-person singular simple present infiltrates, present participle infiltrating, simple past and past participle infiltrated)

1. To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.
2. To cause a fluid to pass through a substance by filtration.
3. To send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line.
4. (intransitive, of an intravenous needle) To move from a vein, remaining in the body.

Translations

to surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access

Czech: proniknout (cs) Finnish: soluttautua (fi)

Japanese: 潜入する (ja) (せんにゅうする, sennyū suru) Spanish: infiltrarse

to cause a fluid to pass through a substance by filtration

Finnish: suodattaa (fi) Japanese: 浸透させる (ja) (しんとうさせる, shintō saseru) Manx: yn-heeley (gv)

Spanish: infiltrar (es) Turkish: süzmek (tr)

to send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line

Finnish: soluttaa (fi)

Japanese: 潜入させる (ja) (せんにゅうさせる, sennyū saseru)

move from a vein

Derived terms

• infiltration
• infiltrative
• infiltrator

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Italian

Verb

infiltrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of infiltrare
2. second-person plural imperative of infiltrare
3. Feminine plural of infiltrato

Anagrams

• infeltrita
• infettarli