verb/eɾˈbiɾ/
to boil; to seethe; to teem
“hervir de vida” — to teem with life
Synonyms: bullir, cocer
Inherited from Old Spanish fervir, from Latin fervēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“be hot, boil”). The change in verb class could be by analogy with servir and vivir. Cognate with English brew.