Spanish

bullir

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  1. (intransitive) to boil (to begin to turn into a gas)
  2. (intransitive) to boil, to bubble, to churn (to be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce)
  3. (intransitive) to bustle (to move busily and energetically)
  4. (figuratively) to bubble, to bubble up, to well up (to churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface)
  5. (intransitive) to teem, to abound
  6. (transitive) to move, to budge (part of one's body)

Hyphenated as
bu‧llir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/buˈʝiɾ/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
bullīre
In summary

Inherited from Latin bullīre, present active participle of bulliō (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

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