remover

to stir

remover(rreh-moh-behr)

transitive verb

1. (to move)

a. to stir

Juan removió la taza de leche con azúcar con la cuchara.

Juan stirred the cup of milk and sugar with the spoon.

b. to toss

Remueve la ensalada antes de servirla, por favor.

Toss the salad before serving it, please.

c. to shake

Mario removió la medicina en el agua y se la tomó rápidamente.

Mario shook the medicine in the water and drank it quickly.

d. to turn over (soil)

Tuvimos que remover la tierra del jardín antes de plantar la albahaca.

We had to turn over the soil in the garden before planting the basil.

e. to dig up (soil)

El jardinero removió la tierra con un rastrillo.

The gardener dug up the soil with a rake.

f. to poke at (ember)

Marisa removió las brasas de la barbacoa.

Marisa poked at the embers of the barbecue.

2. (to make reference to)

a. to bring up

Por favor, no remuevas lo de mi divorcio si no quieres que me enfade.

Please don't bring up my divorce if you don't want to see me angry.

3. (to bring to the present)

a. to stir up

Todos quienes han tratado de remover el pasado han resultado muertos.

Everyone who's tried stirring up the past has wound up dead.

b. to rake up

Escribir mi autobiografía ha removido muchos recuerdos de la guerra.

Writing my autobiography has raked up many memories of the war.

c. to revive

El olor de sopa de bolas de matzo siempre remueve recuerdos de la cocina de mi abuela.

The smell of matzo ball soup always revives memories of my grandmother's kitchen.

4. (to fire)

(Latin America)

a. to remove

Removieron a mi padre de su trabajo dos años después de empezar.

My father was removed from his job two years after he started there.

b. to dismiss

La empresa decidió remover a cien empleados de repente.

The company suddenly decided to dismiss a hundred employees.

5. (to get rid of)

a. to remove

El doctor me aconseja tener una operación para remover el tumor en mi hígado.

The doctor recommended surgery to remove the tumor on my liver.

removerse

pronominal verb

6. (to move restlessly)

a. to fidget

María se remueve en su asiento cuando se aburre.

María fidgets in her seat when she is bored.

b. to toss and turn

Sara no podía dejar de removerse en la cama la noche antes del examen.

Sara couldn't stop tossing and turning the night before the exam.

7. (to relocate)

a. to move around

Removíamos mucho cuando era niño porque mi padre era un diplomático.

We moved around a lot when I was a kid because my father was a diplomat.