ferver

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to boil (heat a liquid until it begins to turn into a gas)
  2. (intransitive) to boil (of a liquid); to turn into gas
  3. (intransitive) (figuratively) to be crowded with people

Synonyms

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/feʁˈve(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferver, from Latin fervēre, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeru- (“to be hot, boil”).

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