bleach out

• Verbo compuesto que se refiere a la acción de eliminar el color o aclarar algo mediante un producto químico, o en sentido figurado, a quitar o borrar algo por completo.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of removing color or making something white or lighter using a chemical agent, or figuratively, to remove or erase something.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. formal

   To remove color from something using a chemical agent, typically bleach.

   Blanquear (quitar color)

   • She bleached out the stain on the white shirt.
   • The sun bleached out the color of the curtains over time.
   • He used a special solution to bleach out the ink mark.

   Sinónimosblanchbleachdecolorizeetiolatefadelightenwhiten

2. Make pale or fadeinformal

   To cause something to become pale or lose its original color, often due to exposure to light or chemicals.

   Decolorar

   • The strong sunlight bleached out the photograph.
   • The repeated washing bleached out the fabric's original hue.
   • The artist bleached out parts of the painting for effect.

   Sinónimosblanchdecolorizeetiolatefadelightenpalewash outwhiten

   Antónimoscolordyestaintint

Verbo basebleach