saccharify

A verb meaning to convert starch or other carbohydrates into sugar, typically through chemical or enzymatic processes.

• 🇪🇸Convertir almidón u otros carbohidratos en azúcar, generalmente mediante procesos químicos o enzimáticos.

1. Sweeten with sugar C2 formal

   To make something sweet by adding sugar or a sugary substance.

   • The recipe instructs you to saccharify the mixture with honey.
   • They saccharified the tea with a spoonful of sugar.
   • In some cultures, fruits are saccharified to preserve them.

   🇪🇸Endulzar con azúcar

   Sinónimos: sugarsugarcoatsweeten

2. Convert into sugar C2 formal scientific

   To convert a complex carbohydrate or sugar derivative into a simple, soluble, fermentable sugar through hydrolysis.

   • The enzyme helps to saccharify starch into glucose.
   • During brewing, malt is saccharified to produce fermentable sugars.
   • The process of saccharification is crucial in biofuel production.

   🇪🇸Sacarificar (convertir en azúcar)

• saccharified past participle
• saccharified past simple
• saccharifying present participle
• saccharifies third person singular