ebullición

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēbullītiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ebuʝiˈθjon/ [e.β̞u.ʝiˈθjõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /ebuʝiˈθjon/ [e.β̞u.ʝiˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /ebuʎiˈθjon/ [e.β̞u.ʎiˈθjõn]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ebuʝiˈsjon/ [e.β̞u.ʝiˈsjõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /ebuʝiˈsjon/ [e.β̞u.ʝiˈsjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains to Paraguay, Philippines) /ebuʎiˈsjon/ [e.β̞u.ʎiˈsjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ebuʃiˈsjon/ [e.β̞u.ʃiˈsjõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ebuʒiˈsjon/ [e.β̞u.ʒiˈsjõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: e‧bu‧lli‧ción

Noun

ebullición f (uncountable)

1. boiling

   Synonym: hervor

2. agitation, turmoil

   Synonym: agitación

Derived terms

• punto de ebullición

 

Related terms

• bullir

 

Further reading

• “ebullición”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28