boil
transitive or intransitive verb
ferver
EN I have the water boiling back there, and was just about to make some coffee.
GL Teño auga fervendo na cociña e estaba a piques de face-lo café.
Fonte: ESP (1697)
cocer
EN The neighbors slipped away to go to their houses, and Juana squatted by the fire and set, her clay pot of boiled beans over the little flame.
GL Os veciños fóronse espindo para as súas casas e Juana agachada onda o lume puxo o pucheiro das fabas cocidas sobre as pequenas lapas.
Fonte: PER (466)
..... to boil over
sobordar
EN Then the sleeping leviathan breathed out -- the waters rose, the weed streamed, and the water boiled over the table rock with a roar.
GL Logo, o adormecido leviatán soprou: as augas eleváronse, os argazos ondearon e a auga sobordou por riba da laxa cun ruxido.
Fonte: SEN (3103)
..... to boil down
reducirse
EN Today, in contrast, institutional political debate boils down to minor differences over how to apply broadly similar economic programmes, all requiring big sacrifices by most of the population.
GL Hoxe, o debate político institucional redúcese a algúns matices sobre a aplicación de programas económicos en gran medida converxentes e que esixen sacrificios importantes da maioría da poboación.
Fonte: C28 (1098)
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