boil down

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar a redução de algo aos seus elementos essenciais ou o resumo dos pontos principais. Também pode significar reduzir um líquido por fervura, embora esse sentido seja menos comum em contextos figurados.

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

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Reduce by boilingformal

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

   Reduzir por ebulição

   • 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.

   Sinônimosconcentratecondensereducethicken

2. Summarize or simplifyinformal

   To reduce something to its most essential or basic elements.

   Resumir-se a

   • 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.

   Sinônimosabridgecondenseencapsulateprecisreducesimplify

   Antônimosamplifydetailelaborateexpandflesh out

Verbo baseboil