What does absorto in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word absorto in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use absorto in Portuguese.

The word absorto in Portuguese means absorbed, absorto, abstraído, entretido, absorto, absorvido, perturbado, absorto, absorto, distraído, absorto, absorvido em, envolvido, imerso, mergulhado, absorto, absorto, envolvido, absorto, entretido, absorto, perdido, absorto nos próprios pensamentos, estar absorto. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word absorto

absorbed

absorto, abstraído, entretido

adjective (absorbed: in reading, etc.) (envolvido)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
Karen didn't even look up from her magazine when I said hello, she was so engrossed.

absorto, absorvido

(figurative (person: concentrating) (figurado, pessoa: concentrada)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
Ela estava tão absorta (or: absorvida) na novela que não ouviu o telefone tocando.
She was so absorbed in the novel that she didn't hear the telephone ring.

perturbado, absorto

adjective (person: too preoccupied)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
Estava absorto e não notei que o sinal havia mudado.
I was distracted and didn't notice that the traffic light had changed.

absorto

adjective (person: thrilled, delighted)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
My wife gave me a rapt smile when I asked her to marry me.

distraído, absorto

adjective (in thought)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)

absorvido em

(absorbed, involved in)

(locução adjetiva: Duas palavras juntas com função adjetiva. Normalmente, preposição+substantivo; preposição+advérbio.Ex. (estrada) de ferro = férrea; (dor) no abdômen = abdominal, etc.)
Rosa doesn't notice anything when she's engrossed in a book.

envolvido

expression (figurative, informal (person: preoccupied) (figurado)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
Ela estava muito envolvida nos seus planos para o Natal.
She was very wrapped up in her plans for Christmas.

imerso, mergulhado, absorto

adjective (figurative (absorbed: in activity) (figurado: concentrado)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
He was immersed in a novel and didn't want to join us.

absorto, envolvido

verbal expression (engrossed)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
Estava tão absorto no que Owen estava dizendo que perdi meu ônibus.
I was so engaged in what Owen was telling me that I missed my bus.

absorto

adjective (figurative (absorbed)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
Ela está absorta em pensamentos.
She is deep in thought.

entretido

adjective (often passive (completely engaged)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
Hilda didn't hear you; she's completely swept away by that novel.

absorto, perdido

(figurative (engrossed: in [sth]) (ficar absorvido)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
Ele estava absorto pelo livro.
He was lost in his book.

absorto nos próprios pensamentos

expression (thinking intensely)

Deep in thought, she didn't hear him call her name.

estar absorto

phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable (peruse, read in detail)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)
Deborah was poring over an Italian cookery book.

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