🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Coagular

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ko-a-gu-lar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Coagulate/koʊˈæɡ.jə.leɪt/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La sangre coagulará al estar expuesta al aire."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state.

    "The blood will coagulate when exposed to air."
  2. 2

    To cause a substance to undergo this change.

    "The chef used vinegar to coagulate the milk into cheese."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'coagulate' originates from the Latin 'coagulare', meaning 'to curdle or clot', which is derived from 'co-' (together) and 'agulare' (to drive or push). It entered the English language in the late Middle Ages, reflecting the process of thickening or clumping together, particularly in relation to liquids.

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