bullir

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Cognate with Catalan bullir, Occitan bolhir and French bouillir

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bu.ʎi(ɾ)/

Verb

bullir

  1. to boil

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Cognate with Aragonese bullir, Occitan bolhir and French bouillir

Pronunciation

Verb

bullir (first-person singular present bullo, first-person singular preterite bullí, past participle bullit)

  1. to boil

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bullir (third conjugation, without -eix-)
infinitive bullir
gerund bullint
past participle masculine feminine
singular bullit bullida
plural bullits bullides
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present bullo bulls bull bullim bulliu bullen
imperfect bullia bullies bullia bullíem bullíeu bullien
future bulliré bulliràs bullirà bullirem bullireu bulliran
preterite bullí bullires bullí bullírem bullíreu bulliren
conditional bulliria bulliries bulliria bulliríem bulliríeu bullirien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present bulli bullis bulli bullim bulliu bullin
imperfect bullís bullissis bullís bullíssim bullíssiu bullissin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — bull bulli bullim bulliu bullin
negative (no) — no bullis no bulli no bullim no bulliu no bullin

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /buˈʝiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /buˈʎiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /buˈʃiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /buˈʒiɾ/

  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: bu‧llir

Verb

bullir (first-person singular present bullo, first-person singular preterite bullí, past participle bullido)

  1. (intransitive) to boil (to begin to turn into a gas)
    Synonym: hervir
  2. (intransitive) to boil, to bubble, to churn (to be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce)
    Synonym: borbotear
  3. (intransitive) to bustle (to move busily and energetically)
  4. (figurative) to bubble, to bubble up, to well up (to churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface)
    • 1888, Roberto Payró, Novelas y fantasías, page 190:
      Los muros de su espléndida casa le parecian estrechos para las nuevas ideas que bullían en su mente, que para su desarrollo necesitaban aire, espacio, luz...
      The walls of her magnificent house seemed to her too narrow for the new ideas that bubbled in her mind, which for their development needed air, space, light...
  5. (intransitive) to teem, to abound
    Synonyms: hervir, abundar
  6. (transitive) to move, to budge (part of one's body)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bullir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive bullir
gerund bullendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular bullido bullida
plural bullidos bullidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bullo bullestú
bullísvos 		bulle bullimos bullís bullen
imperfect bullía bullías bullía bullíamos bullíais bullían
preterite bullí bulliste bulló bullimos bullisteis bulleron
future bulliré bullirás bullirá bulliremos bulliréis bullirán
conditional bulliría bullirías bulliría bulliríamos bulliríais bullirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bulla bullastú
bullásvos2 		bulla bullamos bulláis bullan
imperfect
(ra) 		bullera bulleras bullera bulléramos bullerais bulleran
imperfect
(se) 		bullese bulleses bullese bullésemos bulleseis bullesen
future1 bullere bulleres bullere bulléremos bullereis bulleren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative bulletú
bullívos 		bulla bullamos bullid bullan
negative no bullas no bulla no bullamos no bulláis no bullan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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