hervir
Spanish, verb/eɾˈbiɾ/
hervir is spelled H-E-R-V-I-R (6 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,948th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hervir is a Spanish verb meaning “to boil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Calentarse un líquido hasta comenzar a volverse gaseoso”.
What does hervir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to boil
- 2
to seethe
- 3
to teem
hervir de vida
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Calentarse un líquido hasta comenzar a volverse gaseoso. 2. Por extensión, agitarse y producir burbujas un líquido como lo hace al hervir₁. 3. Por extensión, estar el mar agitado y ruidoso por cualquier causa. 4. Tener o albergar mucho de una cosa.
verb: 1. Aplicar calor a un líquido hasta hervir₁. 2. Sumergir algo en un líquido hirviente₁ para cocerlo o esterilizarlo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hervir
- hiervo first-person present singular
- herví first-person preterite singular
- hervido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- hirviendo gerund
- hervida feminine participle past
- hervidos masculine participle past
- hervidas feminine participle past
- hierves indicative informal present
- hervís indicative informal present
- hierve indicative present singular
- hervimos first-person indicative plural
- hierven indicative plural present
- hervía first-person imperfect indicative
- hervías imperfect indicative second-person
- hervíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- hervíais imperfect indicative plural
- hervían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hervir?
- /eɾˈbiɾ/
- [eɾˈβ̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hervir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hervir in Spanish?
hervir appears 2.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).