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1 bullir
v.1 to boil.El agua bulle alegremente en la olla Water boils merrily in the pot.2 to bustle.bullir de to seethe withla calle bullía de gente the street was swarming with people3 to mill, to whirl.Las corrientes bullen en el mar Currents mill=whirl in the sea.* * *1 (líquido - hervir) to boil; (- agitarse) to bubble up; (mar) to seethe; (calle etc) to swarm with, seethe with2 (insectos) to swarm; (gente) to bustle about* * *verb* * *1. VI1) [agua] (=hervir) to boil; (=agitarse) to bubble (up)sangre 2)2) (=moverse) to move, stirno bullía — he didn't move, he never stirred
3) [insectos] to swarm2.VT to move, stir3.See:* * *verbo intransitivola calle bullía de gente — the street was teeming o swarming with people
el lugar bullía de actividad — the place was a hive of activity
* * *= buzz with.Ex. The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.----* bullir de actividad = be a hive of activity.* * *verbo intransitivola calle bullía de gente — the street was teeming o swarming with people
el lugar bullía de actividad — the place was a hive of activity
* * *= buzz with.Ex: The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.
* bullir de actividad = be a hive of activity.* * *bullir [I9 ]vime bulle la sangre (en las venas) cuando oigo esas cosas it makes my blood boil when I hear things like thatlas ideas bullían en su mente his mind was bubbling (over) with ideasuna nube de abejas bullía alrededor del panal a cloud of bees swarmed around the honey combla calle bullía de gente the street was teeming o swarming with peopleel lugar bullía de actividad the place was a hive of activity* * *
bullir ( conjugate bullir) verbo intransitivo:◊ la calle bullía de gente the street was teeming o swarming with people;
el lugar bullía de actividad the place was a hive of activity
bullir verbo intransitivo
1 (un líquido) to boil, bubble (up)
2 (hormiguear) to bustle
' bullir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pulular
English:
seethe
- bubble
- bustle
* * *bullir vi1. [hervir] to boil;[burbujear] to bubble;me bulle la sangre cuando veo injusticias así it makes my blood boil to see injustices like that2. [multitud] to bustle;[ratas, hormigas] to swarm; [mar] to boil;la calle bullía de gente the street was swarming with people;los pasillos bullían de actividad the corridors were a hive of activity3. [surgir] to bubble up;le bullían muchas ideas en la cabeza her head was bubbling over with ideas* * *v/i fig1 de sangre boil* * *bullir {38} vi1) hervir: to boil2) moverse: to stir, to bustle about
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