sulfurate

English

Etymology

From sulfur +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

sulfurate (third-person singular simple present sulfurates, present participle sulfurating, simple past and past participle sulfurated)

1. (chemistry) To treat or to combine something with sulfur.
2. (wine) To treat with sulfur compound (usually a sulfite).
3. (rare, agriculture) to spray/dust with sulfur.

Derived terms

• sulfuration

Translations

chemistry

• Catalan: sulfurar (ca)
• Finnish: rikittää
• German: schwefeln (de)
• Italian: solforare
• Spanish: sulfurar (es)

wine

• Greek: θειαφίζω (el) (theiafízo)

agriculture

• Greek: θειαφίζω (el) (theiafízo)
• Italian: solforare

Spanish

Verb

sulfurate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of sulfurar combined with te