melt
/mɛlt/ verbo B1En español: derretirse, fundirse, derretir, licuar
- To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. · I melted butter to make a cake.· When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.
- To dissolve, disperse, vanish. · His troubles melted away.
- To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- To be discouraged.
- To be emotionally softened or touched. · She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.· My heart melted when I first heard the song.
- To be very hot and sweat profusely. · I need shade! I'm melting!
Plural melt · He/she/it melts · Pasado melted · Participio pasado melted · Forma en -ing melting
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- melt
- He/she/it
- melts
- Pasado
- melted
- Participio pasado
- melted
- Forma en -ing
- melting
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
His road home lay across a stream into which his Ass, making a false step, fell by accident and rose up again with his load considerably lighter, as the water melted the sack.
“In a minute I shall melt away.”
“I’m very sorry, indeed,” said Dorothy, who was truly frightened to see the Witch actually melting away like brown sugar before her very eyes.
“Well, in a few minutes I shall be all melted, and you will have the castle to yourself.
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