| Principal Translations |
| boil [sth]⇒ vtr | (water, food: heat) | hervir⇒ vtr |
| | Boil the mixture for 10 minutes before you add the cream. |
| | Hierve la mezcla durante 10 minutos antes de añadir la nata. |
| boil [sth] vtr | (food: cook by boiling) | hervir⇒ vtr |
| | | cocer⇒ vtr |
| | I like to boil shrimp with potatoes and corn. |
| | Me gusta hervir las gambas con patatas y maíz. |
| boil [sth] vtr | (kettle, pot: heat contents) | poner a hervir loc verb |
| | | calentar⇒ vtr |
| | I'll boil the kettle and we'll have a nice cup of tea. |
| | Voy a poner a hervir la tetera y nos tomamos una taza de té. |
| boil⇒ vi | (water, food: bubble) | hervir⇒ vi |
| | The soup is boiling already. |
| | La sopa ya está hirviendo. |
| boil n | (skin sore) | forúnculo nm |
| | | furúnculo nm |
| | Reginald has a large boil on the tip of his nose. |
| | Reginald tiene un enorme forúnculo en la punta de la nariz. |
| Additional Translations |
| boil vi | figurative (liquid: be agitated as if boiling) (figurado) | hervir⇒ vi |
| | | agitarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The sea boiled, pitching their little boat from side to side. |
| | El mar hervía, arrojando su pequeño barco de lado a lado. |
| boil vi | figurative (be furious) | ponerse furioso v prnl + adj |
| | | estar furioso v cop + adj |
| | | hervir de ira loc verb |
| | When Mary found out that Tom broke her favorite mug, she was boiling. |
| | Cuando Mary se enteró de que Tom había roto su taza favorita, se puso furiosa. |
| boil vi | figurative, informal (person: feel very hot) (coloquial) | asarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | morirse de calor loc verb |
| | Take your coat off or you'll boil! |
| | ¡Quítate el abrigo o te asarás! |
Locuciones verbales
boil | boiled |
boil [sth] down,
boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (liquid: reduce) | reducir⇒ vtr |
| | The cook boiled the drippings down to a rich gravy. |
| | El cocinero redujo los jugos a una rica salsa. |
| boil down vi phrasal | (liquid: be reduced) | reducirse⇒ v prnl |
| | Heat the water until it boils down to a volume of about 10ml. |
| | Caliente el agua hasta que se haya reducido a un volumen de unos 10 ml. |
| boil down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (be essentially) | reducirse a v prnl + prep |
| | What it all boils down to is a failure to plan. |
| | Todo se reduce a que es un fracaso planificar. |
boil [sth] down,
boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (information, argument: reduce) | reducir⇒ vtr |
| | If you boil down Machiavelli's philosophy, he is saying that the end justifies the means. |
| | Si reduces la filosofía de Maquiavelo, dice que el fin justifica los medios. |
| boil over vi phrasal | (spill over while boiling) (al hervir) | derramarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Make sure that the water in the saucepan doesn't boil over. |
| | Asegúrate de que el agua de la cacerola no se derrame. |
| boil over vi phrasal | figurative (argument, etc.: intensify) (figurado) | calentarse⇒ v prnl |
| | (figurado) | hervir⇒ vi |
| | Tempers soon began to boil over. |
| | Los temperamentos enseguida empezaron a calentarse. |
| boil [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal (cook) | cocer⇒ vtr |
| | This weekend, we'll boil up a big pot of crawfish. |
| | Este fin de semana, vamos a cocer una olla de cangrejo. |
| boil up vi phrasal | figurative (intensify) | subir de tono loc verb |
| | Tension along the border boiled up to a full-blown war. |
| | La tensión en la frontera subió de tono hasta desatar una guerra. |
| boil up vi phrasal | informal, figurative (feel hot) (figurado) | hervir⇒ vi |
| | (figurado) | derretir⇒ vi |
| | (figurado) | morir de calor loc verb |
| | I'm boiling up here. Can't you open a window? |