English-Spanish translations for impervious

• impenetrable
• impermeable
  Algunos acontecimientos recientes acaecidos en Bélgica, donde estamos celebrando nuestra sesión, han provocado una legítima conmoción a la que este Parlamento no ha sido completamente impermeable. Recent events which have arisen in Belgium, where we are sitting, have aroused legitimate emotion, to which our Parliament has not been completely impervious.
  Por contra, debemos esperar muy poco de la brutalidad de los líderes birmanos, impermeables durante años a nuestros ruegos. In contrast, we can expect very little from the brutal Burmese military leaders, impervious as they have been to our many pleas for years.
• inmune
  Como vemos actualmente, estos días, nadie es inmune cuando el deseo de libertad estalla de esta forma. As we are currently seeing, these days, nobody is impervious when the desire for freedom explodes like this.
• insensible
  Señor Comisario, usted no debería ser insensible a las tradiciones de los Estados miembros. Commissioner, you should not be impervious to the traditions of the Member States.
  Muchas empresas creen que las universidades son insensibles a las necesidades del lugar de trabajo. Too many companies believe universities are impervious to the needs of the workplace.
  Esta cualidad, que poseía Sakharov en un grado inusual, le hacía insensible al miedo. This quality, possessed by Sakharov to an unusual degree, made him impervious to fear.
• invulnerable

Definition of impervious

• Unaffected or unable to be affected by something
• Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water
• Immune to damage or effect

Examples

• The man was completely impervious to the deception we were trying
• Although patchworked and sagging, the roof proved impervious to the weather
• The old car seemed to be impervious to the wear and tear of age

Related words

• imperviousness
• impervious floor
• impervious layer
• impervious to water