boiled

• Describe alimentos cocinados en agua hirviendo, ya sea hervidos, cocidos o escaldados en líquido caliente.

Describes food that has been cooked in boiling water.

1. Cooked in boiling waterA1formal

   Food that has been cooked by immersing it in boiling water.

   hervido

   • She served boiled potatoes with the steak.
   • I prefer boiled eggs for breakfast.
   • The recipe calls for boiled carrots.

   Antónimosrawuncooked

2. Heated to boiling pointA2formal

   A liquid that has been heated until it reaches its boiling point.

   hervido

   • Use boiled water for the baby's formula.
   • The boiled milk is ready for the coffee.
   • She poured the boiled water over the tea leaves.

• Verbo que se usa para referirse a la acción de calentar un líquido hasta su punto de ebullición, cuando empieza a evaporarse, o de cocinar alimentos en agua hirviendo.

A verb used to indicate the act of heating a liquid until it reaches its boiling point and begins to vaporize, or to cook food in boiling water.

1. Cook in boiling waterA1formalculinary

   To cook food by immersing it in boiling water.

   Hervir (cocinar en agua hirviendo)

   • She boiled the potatoes for twenty minutes.
   • I need to boil the eggs for breakfast.
   • The recipe says to boil the pasta until al dente.

2. Heat liquid to boiling pointA1formal

   To heat a liquid until it reaches its boiling point and starts to bubble and vaporize.

   Hervir (calentar un líquido hasta ebullición)

   • Please boil some water for tea.
   • The kettle is boiling on the stove.
   • Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.

   Antónimoschillcoolfreeze

3. Be extremely angryB2informal

   To be very angry or agitated.

   Estar hirviendo de ira

   • He was boiling with rage after the argument.
   • She boiled inside when she heard the unfair criticism.
   • The injustice made him boil over.

   Sinónimosburnfumerageseethesteam

Variantes phrasalboil downboil over