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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesferver
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fer-ver
"Você deve ferver a água antes de adicionar a massa."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To heat a liquid until it reaches its boiling point and begins to bubble.
"You should boil the water before adding the pasta."
- 1
A state of a liquid when it is heated to the point of bubbling and vaporizing.
"The boil of the water indicated it was ready for cooking."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'boil' originates from the Old French 'boillir', which comes from the Latin 'bullire', meaning 'to bubble'. The term has evolved over centuries to encompass both the act of cooking in water and the physical state of a liquid reaching its boiling point.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Boil" is said worldwide
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bouillir
Transliteration: boo-yeer
"Il faut bouillir l'eau avant d'ajouter les pâtes."
kochen
Transliteration: koh-chen
"Du musst das Wasser kochen, bevor du die Nudeln hinzufügst."
bollire
Transliteration: bol-leer-eh
"Devi bollire l'acqua prima di aggiungere la pasta."
hervir
Transliteration: er-veer
"Debes hervir el agua antes de añadir la pasta."
ferver
Transliteration: fer-ver
"Você deve ferver a água antes de adicionar a massa."
उबालना
Transliteration: ubaalna
"आपको पास्ता डालने से पहले पानी उबालना चाहिए।"
煮沸
Transliteration: zhǔ fèi
"你应该在加入意大利面之前煮沸水。"
끓이다
Transliteration: kkeulida
"파스타를 넣기 전에 물을 끓여야 합니다."
沸騰する
Transliteration: futtō suru
"パスタを加える前に水を沸騰させる必要があります。"
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