to boil (to begin to turn into a gas); to boil, to bubble, to churn (to be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce); to bustle (to move busily and energetically); to bubble, to bubble up, to well up (to churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface); to teem, to abound
“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...
Synonyms: hervir, borbotear, abundar
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bulla Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin bulliō Old Spanish bullir Spanish bullir Inherited from Old Spanish bullir, from Latin bulliō.