destilar

v.

1 to distill (agua, alcohol).

2 to ooze (sangre, pus).

3 to exude, to ooze (cualidad, sentimiento).

4 to trickle, to drip.

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destilar

► verbo transitivo

1 to distil (US distill)

2 (pus, sangre) to exude

■ la herida destilaba pus pus oozed from the wound

3 (filtrar) to filter

4 figurado to exude, reveal

■ su poesía destila tristeza his poems exude sorrow

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gotear) to drip

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1. VT

1) [goteando] [+ alcohol] to distil; [+ pus, sangre] to ooze

2) (=rebosar) to exude

la carta destilaba odio — the letter exuded hatred

es una orden que destila crueldad — it is an order which is steeped in cruelty

2. VI

1) (=gotear) to drip

2) (=rezumar) to ooze, ooze out

3) (=filtrarse) to filter through

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verbo transitivo

a) <alcohol/petróleo> to distill*; <hulla/madera> to char

b) (rezumar) to ooze

sus palabras destilan veneno — his words ooze o exude venom

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= distil.

Ex. From studying the seven libraries, the report was able to distil the following characteristic features of a community information service.

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verbo transitivo

a) <alcohol/petróleo> to distill*; <hulla/madera> to char

b) (rezumar) to ooze

sus palabras destilan veneno — his words ooze o exude venom

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= distil.

Ex: From studying the seven libraries, the report was able to distil the following characteristic features of a community information service.

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destilar [A1 ]

vt

1 (Quím) ‹alcohol/petróleo› to distill*; ‹hulla/madera› to char agua

2 (rezumar) to ooze

sus palabras destilan veneno his words ooze o exude venom

■ destilar

vi

to drip

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destilar (conjugate destilar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹alcohol/petróleo› to distill^{(conjugate distill)};

‹hulla/madera› to char

b) (rezumar) to ooze

destilar verbo transitivo
1 (con alambique) to distil
2 (rezumar, supurar) to ooze
fig (dejar ver, estar lleno de) to ooze, reveal: la carta destila resentimiento, the letter exudes bitterness
'destilar' also found in these entries:
English:
distil
- distill

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destilar

♦ vt

1. [agua, alcohol] to distil

2. [sangre, pus] to ooze

3. [cualidad, sentimiento] to exude, to ooze;

sus comentarios destilan ironía her remarks are steeped in o suffused with irony

♦ vi

[gotear] to trickle, to drip

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destilar

v/t distill; fig

exude

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destilar vt

1) : to exude

2) : to distill