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hervir.

to boil

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/eɾˈbiɾ/[eɾˈβ̞iɾ]

  1. to boil

    ambitransitive

  2. to seethe

  3. to teem

    hervir de vida
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish fervir, from Latin fervēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“be hot, boil”). The change in verb class could be by analogy with servir and vivir. Cognate with English brew.

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