This is the 4980th most frequent Spanish word.
empapadas
Soaked or drenched.
This usage describes the state of an object being saturated with liquid.
Mis zapatos están empapados porque llovió mucho.
My shoes are soaked because it rained a lot.
Here, 'empapadas' is used as an adjective describing the pages as soaked with water.
Las empapadas páginas del libro no pudieron salvarse.
The soaked pages of the book could not be saved.
This describes people being saturated with water, emphasizing their condition.