thaw

thaw
Ɵo:
1. verb
1) ((of ice, snow etc) to melt, or make or become liquid: The snow thawed quickly.) descongelarse, derretirse
2) ((of frozen food etc) to make or become unfrozen: Frozen food must be thawed before cooking.) descongelar(se)

2. noun
((the time of) the melting of ice and snow at the end of winter, or the change of weather that causes this: The thaw has come early this year.) deshielo
thaw vb deshelar / descongelar / derretir
thaw
tr[ɵɔː]
noun
1 deshielo
transitive verb
1 (food) descongelar; (snow, ice) derretir
intransitive verb
1 (food) descongelarse; (snow, ice) derretirse
2 (person) ablandarse; (relations) distenderse, mejorar
thaw ['ɵɔ] vt
: descongelar
thaw vi
: derretirse (dícese de la nieve), descongelarse (dícese de los alimentos)
thaw n
: deshielo m
thaw
n.
• derretimiento s.m.
• deshielo s.m.
• enternecimiento s.m.
v.
• ablandarse v.
• derretir v.
• descongelar v.
• deshelar v.

I
1. θɔː
intransitive verb \<\<snow/ice\>\> derretirse*, fundirse; \<\<frozen food\>\> descongelarse; \<\<atmosphere/relations\>\> hacerse* más cordial

2.
vt \<\<snow/ice\>\> derretir*, fundir, deshacer*; \<\<frozen food\>\> descongelar

3.
v impers (Meteo) deshelar*
Phrasal Verbs:

II
noun (Meteo, Pol) deshielo m
[θɔː]
1. N
1) (gen) deshielo m ; [of snow] derretimiento m

a thaw had set in — había empezado el deshielo

2) (fig) (=easing up) descongelación f

the thaw in East-West relations — la distensión en las relaciones Este-Oeste

2.
VT (also: thaw out) [+ frozen food] descongelar
3. VI
1) (Met) [snow] derretirse; [ice] deshelarse

it is thawing — está deshelando

2) (also: thaw out) [frozen food, cold toes] descongelarse; (fig) [relations] distenderse

I sat by the fire to thaw out — me senté junto al fuego para entrar en calor

after a couple of glasses of wine he soon began to thaw — tras tomar un par de vasos de vino empezó a relajarse or perder su reserva inicial

* * *

I
1. [θɔː]
intransitive verb \<\<snow/ice\>\> derretirse*, fundirse; \<\<frozen food\>\> descongelarse; \<\<atmosphere/relations\>\> hacerse* más cordial

2.
vt \<\<snow/ice\>\> derretir*, fundir, deshacer*; \<\<frozen food\>\> descongelar

3.
v impers (Meteo) deshelar*
Phrasal Verbs:

II
noun (Meteo, Pol) deshielo m

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