hervir1

¹ = boil, stew.

Ex. Some success was achieved in 1851 by boiling straw in caustic soda and mixing it with rag stock, but the resulting paper was still of poor quality and was little used by printers.

Ex. Drying and stewing fruit was a picnic compared to the elaborate rituals involved in the preparation and preservation of meat.

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* hervir a fuego lento = simmer.

* hervir agua = boil + water.

* tetera para hervir agua = kettle.