boil

hervir

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boil(

boyl

)

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

1. (to bring to a boil)

a. hervir

The chicken soup is boiling.La sopa de pollo está hirviendo.

b. cocer

Let the chickpeas boil for forty minutes before adding the carrots and potatoes.Deje cocer los garbanzos durante cuarenta minutos antes de añadir las zanahorias y las papas.

2. (to seethe)

a. rabiar

His offensive comments made me boil.Sus comentarios ofensivos me hicieron rabiar.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

3. (to bring to a boil)

a. hervir

You need to boil the spaghetti for 12 minutes.Tienes que hervir el espagueti por 12 minutos.

b. cocer

Boil the potatoes for 20 minutes and then add butter.Cuece las papas por 20 minutos y luego ponles mantequilla.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

4. (sore)

a. el forúnculo

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

I got a boil on my toe and now it hurts when I go running.Me salió un forúnculo en el dedo del pie y ahora me duele cuando corro.

b. el furúnculo

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The witch had an enormous boil on her nose.La bruja tenía un furúnculo enorme en la nariz.

boil

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

to come to the boilempezar or romper a hervir

to bring something to the boilhacer que algo hierva

2. (fig)

to go off the boilpasar un mal momento

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

3. (general)

a. hervir, cocer

to boil the kettleponer el agua a hervir

a boiled eggun huevo cocido

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

4. (general)

a. hervir

the kettle's boilingel agua está hirviendo

the kettle boiled dryel hervidor se quedó sin agua

5. (fig)

to boil with rageenfurecerse

boil [bɔɪl]

noun

to be on the boil estar hirviendo; [+situation] estar a punto de estallar; [+person] estar furioso

to bring to the boil bring to a boil (US) calentar hasta que hierva; llevar a ebullición

to come to the boil come to a boil (US) entrar en ebullición; comenzar a hervir

to go off the boil dejar de hervir

transitive verb

hervir; hacer hervir; calentar hasta que hierva; (Cookery) [+liquid] hervir; [+vegetables, meat] herventar; cocer; [+egg] pasar por agua;

intransitive verb

1 hervir

to boil dry quedarse sin caldo/agua

it makes me boil me hace rabiar; to boil with rage estar furioso; to boil with indignation estar indignado

blood

boil [bɔɪl]

noun

(Med) divieso (m); furúnculo (m); chupón (m); (And) postema (f); (Méx)

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bring to a boil	llevar a punto de ebullición
boil the water	hervir el agua hierve el agua
boil water	hervir agua
boil water in a pot	hierve agua en una olla hervir agua en una olla
boil it	hervirlo

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Present:	boiling
Past:	boiled

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	boil	boiled	will boil
you	boil	boiled	will boil
he/she	boils	boiled	will boil
we	boil	boiled	will boil
you	boil	boiled	will boil
they	boil	boiled	will boil