thaw
A. -noun
1. (generally) deshielo (m)
a. [of snow] derretimiento (m)
·a thaw had set in
·había empezado el deshielo
2. (figurative)
(=easing up) descongelaciónoun (f)
·the thaw in East-West relations
·la distensiónoun en las relaciones Este-Oeste
B. -transitive verb
also thaw out
[+frozen food] descongelar
C. -intransitive verb
1. (meteorology)
[snow] derretirse
[ice] deshelarse
·it is thawing
·está deshelando
2. also thaw out
[frozen food, cold toes] descongelarse (figurative)
[relations] distenderse
·I sat by the fire to thaw out
·me senté junto al fuego para entrar en calor
·after a couple of glasses of wine he soon began to thaw
·tras tomar un par de vasos de vino empezó a relajarse or perder su reserva inicial