melting in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for melting in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.melting [meltɪŋ] ADJ

melting look:

melting

enternecedor

II.melting [meltɪŋ] N U

melting

deshielo m

melting pot N

melting pot

crisol m

a melting pot of different cultures

un crisol de culturas diversas

to be in the melting pot

estar sobre el tapete

melting point N

melting point

punto m de fusión

I.melt¹ [Am mɛlt, Brit mɛlt] VB intr

1. melt:

melt ice/butter:

derretirse

melt metal/wax:

fundirse

the candy melted in his mouth

el caramelo se le deshizo or se le disolvió en la boca

2. melt (become mild, gentle):

melt person:

ablandarse

melt anger:

desaparecer

he melted in her arms

se derritió en sus brazos

Phrases:

to melt into sth her grimace melted into a smile

la mueca se le transformó en sonrisa

they melted into the crowd

se perdieron en la muchedumbre

he just melts into the background

pasa desapercibido

the scenes melt into one another

las escenas se funden unas con otras

II.melt¹ [Am mɛlt, Brit mɛlt] VB trans

1. melt (liquefy):

melt snow/butter

derretir

2. melt (make gentle, compassionate):

their cries melted her heart

su llanto la conmovió

melt² N Am

melt

hamburguesa o sándwich con queso derretido por encima

melt away VB [Am mɛlt -, Brit mɛlt -] (v + adv)

1. melt away ice/snow:

melt away

derretirse

2. melt away (disappear):

melt away mist/fog:

levantarse

melt away mist/fog:

disiparse

melt away fear/suspicion:

disiparse

melt away fear/suspicion:

desvanecerse

melt away confidence:

desvanecerse

melt away confidence:

esfumarse

melt away resistance/opposition:

desaparecer

melt away resistance/opposition:

esfumarse

they melted away into the woods

desaparecieron ocultándose en el bosque

I.melt down VB [Am mɛlt -, Brit mɛlt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

melt down gold/coins/jewelry:

melt down

fundir

II.melt down VB [Am mɛlt -, Brit mɛlt -] (v + adv) (in nuclear reactor)

melt down core:

fundirse (accidentalmente)

Translations for melting in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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derretimiento

melting

punto de fusión

melting point

deshielo (de bloque glaciar)

melting

melting in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for melting in the English»Spanish Dictionary

melting pot N a. fig

melting pot

crisol m

melting point N

melting point

punto m de fusión

I.melt [melt] VB trans

melt metal

fundir

melt ice, chocolate

derretir

II.melt [melt] VB intr

1. melt:

melt metal

fundirse

melt ice, chocolate

derretirse

2. melt fig:

melt

enternecerse

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

he/she looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his/her mouth

parece que no haya roto un plato en su vida

Translations for melting in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

crisol fig

melting pot

deshelar (hielo, nieve)

to melt

deshelarse (hielo)

to melt

derretir

to melt

derretirse

to melt

se hace la mosquita muerta

he/she looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his/her mouth

fundir

to melt

fundirse

to melt

tener cara de no haber roto un plato en la vida inf

to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

melting Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he/she looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his/her mouth

parece que no haya roto un plato en su vida

to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

tener cara de no haber roto un plato en la vida inf

he/she looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his/her mouth

se hace la mosquita muerta

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Aside from being inefficient, sodium as a desiccant (below its melting point) reacts slowly with trace amounts of water.

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Partial melting occurs where the solidus and liquidus temperatures are different.

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Classical methods (also known as wet chemistry methods) use separations such as precipitation, extraction, and distillation and qualitative analysis by color, odor, or melting point.

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Water from the melting glaciers carved channels into the moraine.

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In the spring, when melting snow and rainfall fill the lake's basin, less than ten steps peek out from above the water.

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Once a glacier begins retreating, it may fall into disequilibrium and be unable to find mass balance (accumulation versus melting rate) at any size.

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The parameters associated with the ten groups of neighbors shown in table 1 are determined from melting points of short oligonucleotide duplexes.

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From the red plates on his chest, a powerful heat beam is fired at his enemies, burning or melting them.

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They're a great way to stop the melting popsicle from dripping all over your kids' hands.

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Melting points are typically moderately high, but some combinations of molecular cations and anions yield an ionic liquid with a freezing point below room temperature.

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