Spanish Conversation · Level 76
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Spanish word
fundir
Pronunciation
IPA/funˈdiɾ/
Meaning
- verbmelt
Example
¿Puedes fundir el chocolate para el postre?
Can you melt the chocolate for dessert?
More examples
Al final de la película, la imagen se fundió a negro.
At the end of the movie, the image faded to black.
Core concept
Solid turning into liquid under heat.
Common phrases
fundir el chocolate
melt the chocolate
fundir la mantequilla
melt the butter
fundir al baño María
melt in a double boiler
Similar words
derretir: Applies heat to a solid so it loses form and becomes liquid or pasty, especially in cooking.
licuar: Transforms a semi-solid or solid into a smooth, flowable liquid for blending or pouring.
Definition in Spanish
Provocar que algo sólido se derrita mediante calor; además emplearse para la fundición de objetos metálicos y para indicar que una imagen o un sonido se desvanecen gradualmente.
Word origin
From Latin fundere 'to pour', fundir originally described pouring molten material and so came to mean causing solids to melt, pouring/ casting metal, and by extension fading an image or sound.
Usage tips
- English 'fund' is unrelated to fundir, and Spanish frequently uses the reflexive fundirse when something melts or fades on its own rather than as a transitive action.
Other meanings
- castverb
- fade outverb
Opposites
- solidificarsolidifyverb
- congelarfreezeverb
Related words
- fundidomeltedadjective