¿Cómo se dice "Boil the water" en español?
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Hirva el agua Is this correct
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updated Jan 23, 2012
posted by CherrylPritts
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Welcome to the forum, Cherry.
"Hervir" is an irregular verb.
"Hierva" is the correct conjugation. Look here at the imperative mode.
updated Jan 23, 2012
edited by 00e657d4
posted by 00e657d4
Small detail, Guillermo: "hierba" is not the same as "hierva"! ;-) - Gekkosan, Jan 23, 2012
Pero se escribe con la "v," así: hierva. - tejanajo, Jan 23, 2012
Opps. I know that. My bad. I guess I've read many books in English over the last 10 years and not as many in Spanish. Luckily I already have "Caballo de Troya 9" in my house, which has like 1200 pages in Spanish and I will get started with it pretty soon. - 00e657d4, Jan 23, 2012
I've occasionally run into native-Spanish speakers who swap their v's and b's in words (e.g. baca for vaca, etc.) - Xocoyote, Jan 23, 2012
I usually don't. I pride myself in being pretty much 100% error free in Spanish spelling and grammar.. - 00e657d4, Jan 23, 2012
@Xocoyote: Spanish speakers generally do not make a distinction between the pronunciation of "v" and "b". In writing, however, the difference is not only required, but important. In this particular case, "hierva" and "hierba" mean different things. - Gekkosan, Jan 23, 2012
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Hello Cherryl, welcome to the Forum.
Normally I'd invite you to try the Translate tool available at the top of this page - however it's currently not working correctly.
You may also try Google Translate to get quick answers for simple translations.
In any event, "Boil the water" (Infinitive) is: Hervir el Agua.
"Hierva el agua" in in the imperative mode, as in providing an instruction.
updated Jan 23, 2012
posted by Gekkosan
