bullir

v.

1 to boil.

El agua bulle alegremente en la olla Water boils merrily in the pot.

2 to bustle.

bullir de to seethe with

la calle bullía de gente the street was swarming with people

3 to mill, to whirl.

Las corrientes bullen en el mar Currents mill=whirl in the sea.

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bullir

Conjugation model [MULLIR], like {{link=mullir}}mullir

► verbo intransitivo

1 (líquido - hervir) to boil; (- agitarse) to bubble up; (mar) to seethe; (calle etc) to swarm with, seethe with

2 (insectos) to swarm; (gente) to bustle about

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verb

to boil

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1. VI

1) [agua] (=hervir) to boil; (=agitarse) to bubble (up)

el agua bullía ligeramente — the water bubbled gently

sangre 2)

2) (=moverse) to move, stir

no bullía — he didn't move, he never stirred

Londres está que bulle de juventud — London is bursting with young people

la ciudad bullía de actividad — the town was humming with activity

bullía de indignación — he was seething with indignation

3) [insectos] to swarm

2.

VT to move, stir

no bulló pie ni mano — he did not lift a finger

3.

See:

bullirse

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verbo intransitivo

me bulle la sangre cuando oigo esas cosas — it makes my blood boil when I hear things like that

las ideas bullían en su mente — his mind was bubbling (over) with ideas

la calle bullía de gente — the street was teeming o swarming with people

el lugar bullía de actividad — the place was a hive of activity

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= buzz with.

Ex. The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.

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* bullir de actividad = be a hive of activity.

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verbo intransitivo

me bulle la sangre cuando oigo esas cosas — it makes my blood boil when I hear things like that

las ideas bullían en su mente — his mind was bubbling (over) with ideas

la calle bullía de gente — the street was teeming o swarming with people

el lugar bullía de actividad — the place was a hive of activity

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= buzz with.

Ex: The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.

* bullir de actividad = be a hive of activity.

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bullir [I9 ]

vi

me bulle la sangre (en las venas) cuando oigo esas cosas it makes my blood boil when I hear things like that

las ideas bullían en su mente his mind was bubbling (over) with ideas

el mar bullía embravecido (liter); the sea seethed furiously (liter)

una nube de abejas bullía alrededor del panal a cloud of bees swarmed around the honey comb

la calle bullía de gente the street was teeming o swarming with people

el lugar bullía de actividad the place was a hive of activity

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bullir (conjugate bullir) verbo intransitivo:

◊ la calle bullía de gente the street was teeming o swarming with people;

el lugar bullía de actividad the place was a hive of activity
bullir verbo intransitivo
1 (un líquido) to boil, bubble (up)
2 (hormiguear) to bustle

'bullir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pulular
English:
seethe
- bubble
- bustle

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bullir vi

1. [hervir] to boil;

[burbujear] to bubble;

me bulle la sangre cuando veo injusticias así it makes my blood boil to see injustices like that

2. [multitud] to bustle;

[ratas, hormigas] to swarm; [mar] to boil;

la calle bullía de gente the street was swarming with people;

los pasillos bullían de actividad the corridors were a hive of activity

3. [surgir] to bubble up;

le bullían muchas ideas en la cabeza her head was bubbling over with ideas

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bullir

v/i fig

1 de sangre boil

2 de lugar swarm, teem (de with)

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bullir {38} vi

1) hervir: to boil

2) moverse: to stir, to bustle about