ferver

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ferveō.

Verb

ferver

1. to boil

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese ferver (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ferveō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈβeɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) to boil

Derived terms

• aferventar (“to blanch”)
• fervellasverzas (“restless person”, literally “boil-their-greens”)
• fervente (“boling; fiery”)
• fervenza (“waterfall”)
• ferver a cachón (“to bubble; to boil violently”)

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ferv”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ferver”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɨɾˈveɾ/

Verb

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