It is not the syrup of do-goodism but serious, surgical measures that will enable us to lance the boil of rackets, child exploitation and organ trafficking.

No serán las buenas intenciones, sino medidas quirúrgicas serias las que nos permitirán extirpar el furúnculo del delito, la explotación infantil y el tráfico de órganos.

boil(also: carbuncle)

forúnculo {m} [med.]

boil

chupo {m} [med.] [Peru] [coll.]

to boil [boiled · boiled] {verb}

to boil(also: to bake, to cook)

cocer [cociendo · cocido; cocho] {v.t.}

Specialities of Danish cooking include smørrebrød (open sandwiches), boiled or sugar browned potatoes, boiled red cabbage, roast pork and roast duck.

Las especialidades de la cocina danesa comprenden los bocadillos abiertos conocidos como smørrebrød, las patatas hervidas o caramelizadas, la col roja cocida y los asados de cerdo y de pato.

to boil(also: to move, to seethe)

bullir [bullendo · bullido] {v.i.}

to boil(also: to boil over, to boil up, to bubble, to well up)

borbotar [borbotando · borbotado] {v.i.}

to boil(also: to bubble)

borbollar [borbollando · borbollado] {v.i.}

to boil

cocerse {vb} (hervir)

to boil(also: to cook)

sancochar [sancochando · sancochado] {v.t.} (cocer)

to boil(also: to roast)

sancocharse {vb} [coll.] (achicharrarse)

to boil(also: to bake, to roast)

cocerse {vb} [coll.] (persona)

to boil(also: to bake, to roast)

cocinarse {vb} [coll.] (persona)

to boil [boiled · boiled] {transitive verb}

to boil(also: to bring to the boil)

hervir [hirviendo · hervido] {v.t.}

Vanilla sauce: Boil all the ingredients together then remove the vanilla pods.

Baño de vainilla: Hervir la preparación y quitar las vainas al final.

Like molten brass, it shall boil in (their) bellies,

hervirá en las entrañas como plomo fundido,

Beat the egg yolks well, add the milk which has been brought almost to the boil and stir quickly.

Batir bien las yemas y añadir la leche casi hirviendo, mezclando rápidamente.

to boil

llevar a punto de ebullición {vb} [form.]

to boil

dejar hervir {vb}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (English) for "boil":

boil

boiling point- churn- furuncle- moil- roil- seethe

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "boil" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

Need we remind ourselves that democracy does not boil down to having a vote?

¿Es necesario recordar que la democracia no se resume en el voto?

All these things taken together more or less boil down to what Mr Menrad proposes.

Si abordamos todas estas cuestiones en su conjunto, podremos llegar a lo que propone el Sr. Menrad.

Their patience has been pushed to the limit and the miracle is that it did not boil over before.

Se ha colmado el límite de su paciencia y es un milagro que no hayan estallado antes.

If that is what it is to boil down to, then it is a very good idea.

Si se trata de esto, me parece una excelente idea.

To conclude, the issue of employment does not boil down to the issue of growth, however essential it might be.

Para terminar, la cuestión del empleo no se reduce al tema del crecimiento por indispensable que sea este.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, what do our discussions about the next financial framework boil down to?

– Señor Presidente, Señorías, ¿de qué estamos debatiendo cuando hablamos de la próxima dotación financiera?

That cannot boil down simply to market issues.

No puede reducirse a una simple cuestión de mercado.

bring the water back to the boil

dejar que el agua vuelva a alcanzar el punto de ebullición

So, the boil needs to be lanced, these debts need to be restructured and we must put an end to uncertainty.

Por tanto, hay que eliminar el problema de raíz, hay que reestructurar estas deudas, y debemos poner fin a la incertidumbre.

The lot of processes of this nature is to produce texts which necessarily boil down to the lowest common denominator.

El destino de los procesos como éste es culminar en textos que forzosamente se sitúan en el menor denominador común.

they have brought the issue back to the boil

han vuelto a poner el tema sobre el tapete

The problems we are experiencing with regard to the new Financial Perspective do not boil down to a simple dispute over money.

Los problemas que tenemos con las nuevas perspectivas financieras no se reducen a una simple disputa por dinero.

The Commission's proposal rightly limits these practices, which often boil down to no more than double taxation.

La propuesta de la Comisión pone fin, con razón, a estas prácticas, que con frecuencia equivalen a una simple doble imposición.

watch the milk so that it doesn't boil over

vigila la leche para que no se salga

interest in the affair has gone off the boil

ha decaído el interés en el asunto

it makes my blood boil to think that …

me hierve la sangre cuando pienso que …

What does it boil down to in essence?

¿De qué se trata en resumidas cuentas?

bring the water back to the boil

dejar que el agua vuelva a romper el hervor

don't let it boil into a mush

no dejes que hierva hasta convertirse en puré

This in turn clearly means that we must lance the festering boil left behind by the war crimes which have been committed.

Esto exige claramente a su vez que se ataque el proceso de infección que se ha ido formando a causa de los crímenes cometidos.

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