absorvem

Absorvem is a conjugated form of the Portuguese verb absorver, which means to absorb, take in, or assimilate. Specifically, absorvem is the third-person plural present indicative form, used with subjects such as eles, elas, or vocês when describing an action occurring in the present. The form appears in a wide range of contexts, including physical, biological, and metaphorical senses.

Conjugation in the present indicative commonly appears as: eu absorvo, tu absorves, ele/ela absorve, nós absorvemos, vocês absorvem, eles/elas absorvem. The form absorbed by third-person plural (absorvem) is used for both você/ele/ela and vocês/eles/elas in standard Brazilian Portuguese, with regional variation in pronoun use. The verb is regular in its conjugation pattern for the present tense, though it belongs to a subset of verbs with phonological adjustments in certain forms.

Usage includes but is not limited to: plants absorbing water and nutrients from soil, materials absorbing moisture or radiation, and organisms absorbing nutrients or information metaphorically, as in absorbing knowledge. The term is also found in scientific and technical writing when describing absorption phenomena, such as light absorption by pigments or heat absorption by substances.

Etymology and relation to other terms: absorver derives from Latin absorbere, itself built from ab- (away) and sorbere (to suck in). The concept is closely related to absorption in physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science, and is contrasted with terms describing emission, transmission, or reflection.

See also: absorption, absorção, absorvente. In Portuguese, absorver and its forms, including absorvem, are standard everyday vocabulary as well as specialized terminology in science and engineering contexts.