bullir
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin bullīre, present active participle of bulliō (“I bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /buˈʎi/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /buˈʎiɾ/
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Verb
bullir (first-person singular present bullo, past participle bullit)
- to boil
Conjugation
Conjugation of bullir (third conjugation without -eix- infix)
| infinitive | bullir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | bullint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | bullit | bullida | |||||
| plural | bullits | bullides | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | bullo | bulls | bull | bullim | bulliu | bullen | |
| imperfect | bullia | bullies | bullia | bullíem | bullíeu | bullien | |
| future | bulliré | bulliràs | bullirà | bullirem | bullireu | bulliran | |
| preterite | bullí | bullires | bullí | bullírem | bullíreu | bulliren | |
| conditional | bulliria | bulliries | bulliria | bulliríem | bulliríeu | bullirien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | bulli | bullis | bulli | bullim | bulliu | bullin | |
| imperfect | bullís | bullissis | bullís | bullíssim | bullíssiu | bullissin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | bull | bulli | bullim | bulliu | bullin | ||
Related terms
- bull
- bullabessa
- bullanga
- bullent
- bullícia
- bullida
- bullidera
- bullidor
- bulliment
- bullit
- bullor
Further reading
- “bullir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bullir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “bullir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bullir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin bullīre, present active participle of bulliō (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /buˈʝiɾ/ [buˈʝiɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /buˈʎiɾ/ [buˈʎiɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /buˈʃiɾ/ [buˈʃiɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /buˈʒiɾ/ [buˈʒiɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: bu‧llir
Verb
bullir (first-person singular present bullo, first-person singular preterite bullí, past participle bullido)
- (intransitive) to boil (to begin to turn into a gas)
- Synonym: hervir
- (intransitive) to boil, to bubble, to churn (to be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce)
- Synonym: borbotear
- (intransitive) to bustle (to move busily and energetically)
- (figurative) to bubble, to bubble up, to well up (to churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface)
- 1888, Roberto Payró, Novelas y fantasías, page 190:
- Los muros de su espléndida casa le parecian estrechos para las nuevas ideas que bullían en su mente, que para su desarrollo necesitaban aire, espacio, luz...
- The walls of her magnificent house seemed to her too narrow for the new ideas that bubbled in her mind, which for their development needed air, space, light...
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- (intransitive) to teem, to abound
- Synonyms: hervir, abundar
- (transitive) to move, to budge (part of one's body)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bullir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | bullir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | bullendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | bullido | bullida | |||||
| plural | bullidos | bullidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | bullo | bullestú bullísvos | bulle | bullimos | bullís | bullen | |
| imperfect | bullía | bullías | bullía | bullíamos | bullíais | bullían | |
| preterite | bullí | bulliste | bulló | bullimos | bullisteis | bulleron | |
| future | bulliré | bullirás | bullirá | bulliremos | bulliréis | bullirán | |
| conditional | bulliría | bullirías | bulliría | bulliríamos | bulliríais | bullirían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | bulla | bullastú bullásvos2 | bulla | bullamos | bulláis | bullan | |
| imperfect (ra) | bullera | bulleras | bullera | bulléramos | bullerais | bulleran | |
| imperfect (se) | bullese | bulleses | bullese | bullésemos | bulleseis | bullesen | |
| future1 | bullere | bulleres | bullere | bulléremos | bullereis | bulleren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | bulletú bullívos | bulla | bullamos | bullid | bullan | ||
| negative | no bullas | no bulla | no bullamos | no bulláis | no bullan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- bulla
- bullicio
Related terms
- rebullir
Further reading
- “bullir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014