Microwaves penetrate the food in the oven.
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Penetrate
//ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "penetrate" (297 found)
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Closest matches (60)
Strong matches (89)
Related words (148)
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24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
14 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
84 translations across 40 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِخْتَرَقَ verb (enter into)
Aromanian
1 entries- pitrundu verb (enter into)
Bengali
2 entries- ঢুকানো verb (enter into)
- ঢুকানো verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Bulgarian
3 entries- минавам през verb (enter into)
- пронизвам verb (enter into)
- прониквам verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Catalan
1 entries- penetrar verb (enter into)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏔᎳᎦᏍᎦ verb (enter into)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 深入 verb (enter into)
- 穿入 verb (enter into)
- 穿透 verb (enter into)
- 貫穿 /贯穿 verb (enter into)
Czech
2 entries- pronikat verb (enter into)
- proniknout verb (enter into)
Danish
1 entries- trænge ind verb (enter into)
Dutch
3 entries- indringen verb (enter into)
- penetreren verb (enter into)
- penetreren verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Esperanto
2 entries- eniri verb (enter into)
- penetri verb (enter into)
Estonian
2 entries- läbistama verb (enter into)
- läbistama verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Finnish
3 entries- penetroida verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
- tunkeutua verb (enter into)
- työntyä verb (enter into)
French
1 entries- pénétrer verb (enter into)
Galician
2 entries- penetrar verb (enter into)
- penetrar verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Georgian
4 entries- პენეტრაციას ახდენს verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
- პენეტრაციას მოახდენს verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
- შეაღწევს verb (enter into)
- შევა verb (enter into)
German
3 entries- eindringen verb (enter into)
- penetrieren verb (enter into)
- penetrieren verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Greek
1 entries- διεισδύω verb (enter into)
Hungarian
2 entries- behatol verb (enter into)
- behatol verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Irish
1 entries- treáigh verb (enter into)
Italian
1 entries- penetrare verb (enter into)
Japanese
2 entries- 突き通る verb (enter into)
- 貫通する verb (enter into)
Karok
1 entries- ápafur verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- chāh verb (enter into)
Korean
2 entries- 삽입하다 verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
- 침투하다 verb (enter into)
Latin
2 entries- intrō verb (enter into)
- penetrō verb (enter into)
Lithuanian
4 entries- kišti verb (enter into)
- kišti verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
- prasiskverbti verb (enter into)
- skverbtis verb (enter into)
Māori
1 entries- ngoto verb (enter into)
Norwegian
1 entries- trenge inn verb (enter into)
Old English
1 entries- ġeondfaran verb (enter into)
Persian
3 entries- آژیدن verb (enter into)
- سفتن verb (enter into)
- سپوختن verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Polish
4 entries- penetrować verb (enter into)
- penetrować verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
- przenikać verb (enter into)
- przeniknąć verb (enter into)
Portuguese
1 entries- penetrar verb (enter into)
Romanian
4 entries- penetra verb (enter into)
- penetra verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
- pătrunde verb (enter into)
- pătrunde verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Russian
2 entries- прони́кнуть verb (enter into)
- проника́ть verb (enter into)
Spanish
2 entries- penetrar verb (enter into)
- penetrar verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Swedish
2 entries- intränga verb (enter into)
- penetrera verb (enter into)
Tagalog
2 entries- pasukin verb (enter into)
- pasukin verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Turkish
2 entries- sokmak verb (enter into)
- sokmak verb (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina)
Ukrainian
2 entries- прони́кнути verb (enter into)
- проника́ти verb (enter into)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
It took a long time for Japanese imports to penetrate the American consumer markets.
Source: tatoeba (281168)
She let me penetrate her.
Source: tatoeba (555023)
Some years ago, large ships were sent towards the North Pole, to explore the distant coasts, and to try how far men could penetrate into those unknown regions.
Source: tatoeba (2672626)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.