chisporrotear

v.

1 to crackle (fuego, leña).

2 to sputter, to sparkle, to sizzle.

El fuego chisporrotea The fire sputters.

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chisporrotear

► verbo intransitivo

1 familiar (el fuego) to spark; (la leña) to crackle

2 familiar (el aceite) to spit

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VI [aceite] to spit; [carne] to sizzle; [leña] to crackle; [fuego] to throw out sparks

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verbo intransitivo leña/fuego to spark, crackle; aceite to spit, splutter; carne/pescado to sizzle

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= sizzle, splutter, sputter.

Ex. It should be hot enough so that a few drops of water will sizzle when they are dropped on the frying pan.

Ex. The ashes of the wicks, becoming heated, caused the fatty acids to splutter; and this was a grave inconvenience.

Ex. The light of these lamps did not sputter as it burned.

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verbo intransitivo leña/fuego to spark, crackle; aceite to spit, splutter; carne/pescado to sizzle

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= sizzle, splutter, sputter.

Ex: It should be hot enough so that a few drops of water will sizzle when they are dropped on the frying pan.

Ex: The ashes of the wicks, becoming heated, caused the fatty acids to splutter; and this was a grave inconvenience.

Ex: The light of these lamps did not sputter as it burned.

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chisporrotear [A1 ]

vi

«leña/fuego» to spark, crackle; «aceite» to spit, splutter; «carne/pescado» to sizzle, spit

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chisporrotear (conjugate chisporrotear) verbo intransitivo [leña/fuego] to spark, crackle;
[aceite] to spit, splutter;
[carne/pescado] to sizzle
'chisporrotear' also found in these entries:
English:
sizzle
- spit
- splutter

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chisporrotear vi

1. [fuego, leña] to crackle

2. [aceite] to splutter

3. [comida] to sizzle

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chisporrotear

v/i

1 de leña crackle

2 de aceite spit

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chisporrotear vi

: to crackle, to sizzle