ablandar

En aquellos días, el maíz se ablandaba mezclándolo con cenizas de madera.	In those days, corn was softened by mixing it with wood ashes.
Ella no me ablandaba.	She was not making me soft.
La resina se ablandaba correctamente, pero no fue posible de impregnar la tela al 100%.	The resin did liquefy as expected, but I still couldn't impregnate the fibers 100%.
No era el primero al que se le ablandaba con Samantha pero era la primera vez que a ella no le importaba.	It wasn't the first time a guy went soft on Samantha... but it was the first time she didn't care.
Como ablandaba el auto no podía exceder los 80 kilómetros por hora.	As I was breaking the car in I couldn't go faster than 80 kilometers an hour.
No obstante, mediante el proceso entero, se ablandaba la naturaleza endurecida de la polarización.	But, through this whole process, the hardened nature of the polarization was softening up.
La balanza estaba en medio de la lluvia, ésta repiqueteaba contra la cabeza circular de la máquina y ablandaba la tierra a su alrededor, de modo que se podía esperar que la balanza pronto se hundiera.	The scales were standing in the rain, it fell on the circular head and softened the earth underneath, so that one could hope they would soon sink down and disappear.