- derretir
- v.1 to melt.El sol derritió el hielo The sun melted the ice.El sol derritió la mantequilla The sun melted the butter.2 to soften, to move deeply, to move to tears.3 to render, to render down.El calor derritió la grasa The heat rendered the fat.* * *derretir► verbo transitivo1 (gen) to melt; (hielo, nieve) to melt, thaw; (metal) to melt down2 (dilapidar) to waste, squander■ derritió su fortuna en un año he wasted his fortune in a year► verbo pronominal derretirse1 (fundirse) to melt; (hielo, nieve) to melt, thaw2 figurado (de amor) to burn (de, with)3 (inquietarse) to worry, fret* * *verbto melt* * *1.VT (=fundir) [+ mantequilla, helado] to melt; [+ metal] to melt, melt down; [+ nieve] to melt, thaw2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo <mantequilla/helado> to melt; <metales> to melt (down); <hielo/nieve> to melt, thaw2.derretirse v prona) mantequilla/helado to melt; nieve/hielo to thaw, meltb) (fam) persona
derretirse por alguien — to be crazy about somebody
* * *= melt, thaw.Ex. The heat melts the wax on those areas which correspond with the image areas of the original, and the melted wax is absorbed into the tissue sheet.Ex. The author describes the effects of a flood on a library collections and how the books were frozen, thawed, dried and pressed.----* derretir el hielo = de-ice [deice].* hacer derretir el hielo = de-ice [deice].* que se derrite en la boca = mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].* * *1.verbo transitivo <mantequilla/helado> to melt; <metales> to melt (down); <hielo/nieve> to melt, thaw2.derretirse v prona) mantequilla/helado to melt; nieve/hielo to thaw, meltb) (fam) personaderretirse por alguien — to be crazy about somebody
* * *= melt, thaw.Ex: The heat melts the wax on those areas which correspond with the image areas of the original, and the melted wax is absorbed into the tissue sheet.
Ex: The author describes the effects of a flood on a library collections and how the books were frozen, thawed, dried and pressed.* derretir el hielo = de-ice [deice].* hacer derretir el hielo = de-ice [deice].* que se derrite en la boca = mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].* * *derretir [I14 ]vt‹mantequilla/helado› to melt; ‹metales› to melt, melt down; ‹hielo/nieve› to melt, thaw■ derretirsev pron1 «mantequilla/helado» to melt; «nieve/hielo» to thaw, melt2 (fam) «persona»: derretirse POR algn; to be besotted WITH sb, be crazy ABOUT sb (colloq)* * *
derretir (conjugate derretir) verbo transitivo ‹mantequilla/helado› to melt;
‹hielo/nieve› to melt, thaw
derretirse verbo pronominal [mantequilla/helado] to melt;
[nieve/hielo] to thaw, melt
derretir verbo transitivo to melt: echaron sal para derretir la nieve, they used salt to melt the snow
'derretir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deshacer
- fundir
English:
melt
- thaw
* * *derretir♦ vt[licuar] [mantequilla, metal, nieve] to melt; [hielo] to thaw, to melt♦ See also the pronominal verb derretirse* * *derretirv/t melt* * *derretir {54} vt: to melt, to thaw♦ See also the reflexive verb derretirse
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.