nounverb

boil

hervir · forúnculo

To heat a liquid until it becomes very hot and forms many bubbles that rise and break at the surface.

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Examples

Let the water boil before you add the pasta.verb

Deja que el agua hierva antes de agregar la pasta.

I boiled some eggs for breakfast.verb

Herví unos huevos para el desayuno.

Can you boil some potatoes for dinner?verb

¿Puedes hervir algunas patatas para la cena?

Is the soup boiling on the stove?verb

¿Está la sopa hirviendo en la estufa?

The boil on his arm hurts.noun

El forúnculo en su brazo le duele.

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