hervir

to boil

hervir(ehr-beer)

intransitive verb

1. (to scald)

a. to boil

El agua hierve a 100 grados Celsius.

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

2. (to get hot)

a. to boil

Cuando entro a mi carro en el verano, está hirviendo.

When I get into my car in the summer, it's boiling.

3. (to be full of)

a. to swarm with

La playa hierve de gente en verano.

The beach is swarming with people in summer.

transitive verb

4. (to scald)

a. to boil

Se me olvidó hervir los huevos para el aperitivo.

I forgot to boil the eggs for the appetizer.

hervir

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. to boil

intransitive verb

2. (líquido)

a. to boil

hervir a borbotonesto be at a rolling boil

3. (fig)

a.

le hervía la sangrehis blood was boiling

4. (estar caliente)

a. to be boiling (hot)

esa sopa está hirviendothat soup is boiling (hot)

5. (lugar)

a.

hervir deto swarm with

6. (persona)

a.

hervir ento be burning with

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hervir

transitive verb

to boil

intransitive verb

1 [+agua, leche] to boil

hervir a fuego lento to simmer; dejar de hervir to go off the boil; stop boiling; empezar o romper a hervir to come to the boil; begin to boil

¡me hierve la sangre! it makes my blood boil!

2 (burbujear) [+líquido] to bubble; seethe; [+mar] to seethe; surge

3 (persona)

hiervo en deseos de ... I'm just itching to ...; el público hervía de emoción the audience was carried away with o bubbling with excitement

4

hervir de o en (estar lleno de) to swarm with; la cama hervía de pulgas the bed was swarming o alive with fleas