boil down

• Verbo frasal que significa reducir algo a sus elementos esenciales o resumir los puntos principales; también puede referirse a espesar un líquido por evaporación.

A phrasal verb used to indicate reducing something to its essential elements or summarizing the main points.

incontable · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparable

1. Reduce by boilingformal

   To reduce the volume of a liquid by heating it so that some of it evaporates.

   Reducir hirviendo

   • Boil down the sauce until it thickens.
   • The recipe says to boil down the stock for 20 minutes.
   • She boiled down the soup to concentrate the flavors.

   Sinónimosconcentratecondensereducethicken

2. Summarize or simplifyinformal

   To reduce something to its most essential or basic elements.

   resumir o simplificar

   • The whole problem boils down to a lack of communication.
   • You can boil down his speech to three main points.
   • It all boils down to whether you trust him or not.

   Sinónimosabridgecondenseencapsulateprecisreducesimplify

   Antónimosamplifydetailelaborateexpandflesh out

Verbo baseboil