evaporate

evaporate

English

Etymology

From Latin ēvapōrātus, perfect passive participle of ēvapōrō (“evaporate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈvæpəɹeɪt/

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Verb

evaporate (third-person singular simple present evaporates, present participle evaporating, simple past and past participle evaporated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
2. (transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion

   to evaporate apples

3. (transitive, figuratively) to give vent to; to dissipate
   • 1641, Henry Wotton, A Parallel between Robert late Earl of Essex and George late Duke of Buckingham:

     My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.

4. (intransitive, figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect
   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, OCLC 863521290:

     To give moderate liberty for griefs to evaporate […] is a safe way.

   • 2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC‎:

     The hosts initially looked like they lacked a spring in their step, but fears of further agony evaporated in the seventh minute with a goal of typical Arsenal quality.

Related terms

• evaporation
• evaporator
• vapour

Translations

(transitive or intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state

Arabic: تَبَخَّرَ‎ (tabaḵḵara) Bulgarian: изпарявам (bg) (izparjavam) Chinese: Mandarin: 蒸发掉, 消失 (zh) (xiāoshī) Czech: vypařit se (intransitive) Danish: fordampe (da) Dutch: verdampen (nl) Finnish: haihtua (fi); höyrystyä (fi) French: évaporer (fr) (transitive), s'évaporer (fr) (intransitive) German: verdampfen (de), verdunsten (de), evaporieren Greek: εξατμίζω (el) (exatmízo) Hungarian: párolog (hu), elpárolog (hu) Ido: vaporeskar (io) Indonesian: menguap (id) Interlingua: evaporar Italian: evaporare (it) Japanese: 蒸発する (ja) (じょうはつする, jōhatsu suru), 揮発する (ja) (きはつする, kihatsu suru), 気化する (ja) (きかする, kika suru) Maori: whakaeto Polish: wyparowywać impf, wyparować pf (transitive), parować (pl) Portuguese: evaporar (pt) Romanian: evapora (ro), se vaporiza Russian: испаря́ть (ru) impf (isparjátʹ), испари́ть (ru) pf (isparítʹ) (transitive), испаря́ться (ru) impf (isparjátʹsja), испари́ться (ru) pf (isparítʹsja) (intransitive) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: испаравати Roman: isparavati (sh) Spanish: evaporar (es) (transitive), evaporarse (es) (intransitive) Sundanese: ngebul Swedish: dunsta (sv) Thai: ระเหย (th) (rá-hə̌əi) Ukrainian: випаро́вувати impf (vyparóvuvaty), ви́парувати pf (výparuvaty) (transitive), випаро́вуватися impf (vyparóvuvatysja), ви́паруватися pf (výparuvatysja) (intransitive) Vietnamese: bốc hơi (vi), bay hơi (vi)

to expel moisture from

Finnish: kuivata (fi) German: dörren (de), ausdörren Romanian: seca (ro)

to give vent to

Finnish: esittää (fi), tuulettaa (fi)

to disappear

Finnish: haihtua (fi), häipyä (fi) German: verschwinden (de), verduften (de)

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Italian

Verb

evaporate

1. inflection of evaporare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

evaporate f pl

1. feminine plural of evaporato

Anagrams

• operavate

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Latin

Participle

ēvapōrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ēvapōrātus