churn

• Recipiente o aparato utilizado para agitar y batir crema con el fin de obtener mantequilla, separando la grasa láctea del suero. También puede referirse al proceso de agitación o batido, y en contextos comerciales, a la pérdida o rotación de clientes.

A container or vessel used for agitating cream to produce butter by separating the butterfat from the buttermilk.

1. Butter-making vesselB2formal

   A container or machine used for shaking or stirring cream to produce butter.

   Mantequera

   • The farmer used an old wooden churn to make butter.
   • She poured the cream into the churn and began turning the handle.
   • Modern electric churns have made butter production much faster.

   Sinónimosbutter churn

• Verbo utilizado para describir el proceso de batir o agitar un líquido, especialmente leche o crema, para hacer mantequilla, o en sentido figurado, provocar un movimiento intenso y repetido o una producción constante de algo.

A verb used to describe the act of agitating or stirring a liquid, especially milk or cream, to produce butter, or metaphorically to cause something to move or be produced in a vigorous, often repetitive manner.

1. Stir cream to make butterB2formal

   To agitate or stir cream vigorously in a container to produce butter.

   batir la crema para hacer mantequilla

   • The farmer churned the cream until it turned into butter.
   • She churned the milk in a traditional wooden churn.
   • They spent the morning churning butter for the market.

2. Be agitated or move violentlyB2formal

   To move or be moved with a swirling, turbulent motion, often used for liquids or emotions.

   agitarse violentamente

   • The storm churned the sea into massive waves.
   • His stomach churned with anxiety before the speech.
   • The water churned around the boat as the engine started.

   Sinónimosagitateboilconvulseroilseetheswirltosswhirl

   Antónimoscalmsettlestill

Variantes phrasalchurn outchurn up