blistering

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈblɪstərɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈblɪstərɪŋ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(blistər ing)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
blistering adj figurative (heat: fierce)abrasador/a adj
  ardiente adj mf
 The soldiers marched in the blistering heat.
 Los soldados marcharon bajo el calor abrasador.
blistering adj figurative (verbal attack: ferocious)feroz adj mf
  violento/a adj
  despiadado/a adj
 The critic's blistering review of the play made the director cry.
 La evaluación feroz del crítico sobre la obra hizo llorar al director.
blistering adj figurative (pace: very fast)veloz adj mf
 The winning team rowed in perfect unison and kept up a blistering pace.
 El equipo ganador remó al unísono y mantuvo un ritmo veloz.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
blister n (swelling filled with fluid)ampolla nf
  vejiga nf
 The blisters on Julie's heels are large and painful.
 Las ampollas del talón de Julie son grandes y dolorosas.
blister n (air pocket in paint surface, etc.)burbuja nf
  ampolla nf
 Brett smoothed out the blisters in the freshly laid wallpaper.
 Brett alisó las burbujas en el empapelado recién puesto.
blister vi (form blisters)ampollarse v prnl
 The burn on Mac's arm has blistered.
 La quemadura del brazo de Mac se ha ampollado.
blister vi (paint, etc.: form air pockets)hacer burbujas loc verb
  abombarse v prnl
  (formal)formarse ampollas en loc verb + prep
 The paint blistered because there was damp within the walls.
 La pintura hizo burbujas porque había humedad en las paredes.
 Se formaron ampollas en la pintura porque había humedad en las paredes.
blister [sth] vtr (raise a blister on)dar ampollas loc verb
  sacar ampollas loc verb
 These new shoes have blistered my heels.
 Estos nuevos zapatos me dieron ampollas en los tobillos.
blister [sb] vtr US, slang (reprimand, criticize)reprender a vtr + prep
 Caroline blistered her daughter for her inappropriate behavior.
 Caroline reprendió a su hija por su comportamiento inapropiado.
blister [sth] vtr (subject to intense heat) (figurado)calcinar vtr
 A hot summer sun blistered the valley.
 Un sol de verano calcinaba el valle.
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blister [sb/sth] vtr US, slang (defeat, outshine) (figurado)eclipsar vtr
 Our team blistered the opposing team, wining by 20 points.
 Nuestro equipo eclipsó al equipo opuesto, ganando por 20 puntos.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
blistering | blister
InglésEspañol
at a blistering pace adv figurative, informal (fast) (muy rápido)a cien por hora, a toda mecha loc adv
 Her new secretary typed at a blistering pace.
 Su nueva secretaria tecleaba a cien por hora.
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Collocations: [standing, sitting, waiting, stuck] in the blistering heat, [in, under] in the blistering sun, the blistering heat of the [tropics, desert], more...

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