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hervir / to boil
hervir
A. -transitive verb to boil
B. -intransitive verb
1. [agua, leche] to boil
·hervir a fuego lento
·to simmer
·dejar de hervir
·to go off the boil, stop boiling
·empezar o romper a hervir
·to come to the boil, begin to boil
a. ¡me hierve la sangre! it makes my blood boil!
2. (=burbujear)
[líquido] to bubble, seethe
[mar] to seethe, surge
3. (=persona)
·hiervo en deseos de ...
·I'masculine just itching to ...
·el público hervía de emociónoun
·the audience was carried away with o bubbling with excitement
4. ·hervir de o en
(=estar lleno de) to swarm with
·la cama hervía de pulgas
·the bed was swarming o alive with fleas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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