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boil Meaning in Spanish (boil significado en español)

verbhervir
nounforúnculo
hervir in English:boil
Phonetic:ˈerˈβir
Plural: boils
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de boil en español es hervir, forúnculo. (Calentar un líquido hasta que alcance su punto de ebullición y se convierta en vapor.)

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Definitions of Boil

  1. 1
    verb
    hervir

    To heat a liquid until it reaches its boiling point and turns into vapor.

    Calentar un líquido hasta que alcance su punto de ebullición y se convierta en vapor.

  2. 2
    verb
    hervir

    To cook food by immersing it in boiling water or other liquid.

    Cocinar alimentos sumergiéndolos en agua hirviendo u otro líquido.

  3. 3
    noun
    forúnculo

    A painful, pus-filled swelling on the skin caused by a bacterial infection of a hair follicle or oil gland.

    Una hinchazón dolorosa llena de pus en la piel causada por una infección bacteriana de un folículo piloso o una glándula sebácea.

Example Sentences

“Please boil some water for tea.”

Por favor, hierve un poco de agua para el té.

“The potatoes need to boil for twenty minutes.”

Las patatas necesitan hervir durante veinte minutos.

“She had a painful boil on her neck.”

Tenía un forúnculo doloroso en el cuello.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

cocerbullirsupuración

In English:

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

enfriarsecar

In English:

Inflected Word Forms

past tenseboiled
present participleboiling
agent nounboiler
adjectiveunboiled

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

boil overphrasal_verb

To overflow while boiling; to lose one's temper.

boil down tophrasal_verb

To be the main or most important point of something.

a watched pot never boilsidiom

Time seems to pass more slowly when you are waiting for something to happen.