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boil 1 /bɔɪl/ noun Med foruncolo m
boil 2 noun bring/come to the ~ portare/arrivare ad ebollizione intransitive verb [far] bollire intransitive verb bollire;
(fig: with anger) ribollire;
the water or kettle's ~ing l'acqua bolle
boil away intransitive verbwaterevaporare boil down to intransitive verb fig ridursi a boil over intransitive verb straboccare (bollendo) boil up transitive verb far bollire

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'boil' found in these entries:
boil: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009
boil (to be agitated)ribollire v
boil (pimple)foruncolo nm
boil (to be agitated) bollireagitarsi v
boil (cook in boiling liquid)bollire v
boil (liquids, water)bollire v
boil (blood) sanguebollire vtr
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
boil down ridurre il liquidocondensare
boil down tovtr figurative, informal (be essentially) condensare all'essenzialeridurre a, ricondurre a vtr
Abbiamo ricondotto l'intera discussione a una mera questione economica.
boil down tovtr (liquid: be reduced to by boiling)concentrare, addensare vtr
Per poter concentrare la salsa di pomodoro bisogna farla bollire a lungo.
 liquidi, tramite bolliturarestringere, condensare, ridurre vtr
I sughi sono più saporiti quando si fanno restringere.
boil offevaporare v
boil over bollendotraboccare
boil overperdere le staffe
boil upvtr informal (cook by boiling together)bollire, far bollire vtr
Le uova devono essere bollite per qualche minuto per diventare sode.
boil up figurative (to grow, increase dangerously)crescere, montare, aumentare
The tension between them boiled up and ended in violence.
La tensione tra di loro montò fino a esplodere violentemente.
bring to a boilportare ad ebollizione
make your blood boilfar ribollire il sangue nelle vene
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