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absorb

UK: /əbˈzɔːb/ US: /-ˈzɔːrb/

Translation

v [t]
absorber
asimilar
amortiguar
The car bumper absorbed the impact of the crash
El parachoques amortiguó el impacto del golpe
(Definition of absorb v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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