quench

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
quench [sth]⇒ vtr	(thirst: satisfy)	saciar⇒ vtr
		aplacar⇒ vtr
		calmar⇒ vtr
	Water quenches thirst better than fruit juice.
	El agua sacia la sed mejor que el jugo.
	El agua aplaca la sed mejor que el jugo.
quench [sth] vtr	(fire: extinguish)	extinguir⇒ vtr
		apagar⇒ vtr
		sofocar⇒ vtr
	Victoria rushed in with a bucket of water and quenched the flames.
	Victoria entró con un balde de agua para extinguir el fuego.
quench [sth] vtr	(suppress)	apagar⇒ vtr
		quitar⇒ vtr
	A bad teacher quenched Hilary's interest in creative writing.
	Un mal profesor apagó el interés de Hillary en la escritura creativa.
quench [sth] vtr	(metal: cool by submersion) (un metal)	templar⇒ vtr
		enfriar⇒ vtr
	The blacksmith quenched the newly formed horseshoe in the trough.
	El herrero templó la nueva herradura del caballo en el comedero.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
quench your thirst v expr	(drink until no longer thirsty)	apagar la sed loc verb
	I'm going out to the pub to quench my thirst.
	Me voy al bar a apagar la sed.
		calmar la sed loc verb
	Me voy al bar a calmar la sed.
		saciar la sed loc verb
	Me voy al bar a saciar la sed.
		aplacar la sed loc verb
	Me voy al bar a aplacar la sed.

'quench' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

Spanish:

Collocations: quench your thirst, [water, beer, juice] quenches my thirst, [a drink, a beer, some water] to quench your thirst, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "quench" in the title:

Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

See Google Translate's machine translation of 'quench'.

Advertisements

Advertisements

Infórmanos de los anuncios inapropiados.
WordReference.com WORD OF THE DAY GET THE DAILY EMAIL!

Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.