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hervir

/eɾˈbiɾ/

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verb/eɾˈbiɾ/

to boil; to seethe; to teem

hervir de vidato 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.