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1 melting
tr['meltɪŋ]1 figurative use (voice, look) tierno,-a, dulce\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be in the melting pot estar por decidirmelting point punto de fusiónmelting pot crisol nombre masculinoadj.• fundente adj.n.• corrimiento s.m.• derretimiento s.m.• fusión s.f.['meltɪŋ]1.ADJ [look] tierno, dulce2.CPDmelting point N — punto m de fusión
melting pot N — (lit, fig) crisol m
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2 slush
1) (melting snow: The streets are covered with slush.) aguanieve2) ((something said or written showing) weak sentimentality: I think most romantic novels are just slush!) sentimentalismo•- slushy- slushiness
tr[slʌʃ]1 (melting snow) aguanieve nombre femenino, nieve nombre femenino derretida; (muddy snow) nieve nombre femenino fangosa2 familiar sentimentalismo, sensiblería3 (drink) granizado\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLslush ['slʌʃ] n: nieve f medio derretidan.• aguanieve s.f.• barro s.m.• fango s.m.• grasa s.f.• lodo s.m.• nieve fangosa s.f.slʌʃmass noun1) ( melted snow) nieve f fangosa or medio derretida2) ( sentimental trash) sensiblería f[slʌʃ]1. N1) (=melting snow) aguanieve f, nieve f medio derretida2) (=mud) fango m, lodo m3) * (=bad poetry etc) sentimentalismo m2.CPDslush fund N — fondos mpl para sobornar
* * *[slʌʃ]mass noun1) ( melted snow) nieve f fangosa or medio derretida2) ( sentimental trash) sensiblería f -
3 thaw
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1. verb1) ((of ice, snow etc) to melt, or make or become liquid: The snow thawed quickly.) descongelarse, derretirse2) ((of frozen food etc) to make or become unfrozen: Frozen food must be thawed before cooking.) descongelar(se)
2. noun((the time of) the melting of ice and snow at the end of winter, or the change of weather that causes this: The thaw has come early this year.) deshielothaw vb deshelar / descongelar / derretirtr[ɵɔː]1 deshielo1 (food) descongelar; (snow, ice) derretir1 (food) descongelarse; (snow, ice) derretirse2 (person) ablandarse; (relations) distenderse, mejorarthaw ['ɵɔ] vt: descongelarthaw vi: derretirse (dícese de la nieve), descongelarse (dícese de los alimentos)thaw n: deshielo mn.• derretimiento s.m.• deshielo s.m.• enternecimiento s.m.v.• ablandarse v.• derretir v.• descongelar v.• deshelar v.
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1. θɔːintransitive verb \<\<snow/ice\>\> derretirse*, fundirse; \<\<frozen food\>\> descongelarse; \<\<atmosphere/relations\>\> hacerse* más cordial
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vt \<\<snow/ice\>\> derretir*, fundir, deshacer*; \<\<frozen food\>\> descongelar
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v impers ( Meteo) deshelar*Phrasal Verbs:- thaw out
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noun (Meteo, Pol) deshielo m[θɔː]1. N2) (fig) (=easing up) descongelación f2.VT (also: thaw out) [+ frozen food] descongelar3. VI1) (Met) [snow] derretirse; [ice] deshelarseafter a couple of glasses of wine he soon began to thaw — tras tomar un par de vasos de vino empezó a relajarse or perder su reserva inicial
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1. [θɔː]intransitive verb \<\<snow/ice\>\> derretirse*, fundirse; \<\<frozen food\>\> descongelarse; \<\<atmosphere/relations\>\> hacerse* más cordial
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vt \<\<snow/ice\>\> derretir*, fundir, deshacer*; \<\<frozen food\>\> descongelar
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v impers ( Meteo) deshelar*Phrasal Verbs:- thaw out
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noun (Meteo, Pol) deshielo m
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