melt

derretir, derretirse

Pasar al estado líquido o hacer que algo se vuelva líquido, normalmente mediante calor.

En inglés sencillo: To become liquid, or make something liquid, usually by heating it.

• The ice will melt soon.
• She melted the butter in a pan.
• Has all the snow melted yet?

Sinónimos: liquefy

Antónimos: freeze, solidify

Expresiones frecuentes: melt butter, melt chocolate, melt the ice

desvanecerse, disiparse

Desaparecer poco a poco o integrarse en otra cosa hasta dejar de distinguirse.

En inglés sencillo: To gradually disappear or become part of something else.

• Her worries began to melt away.
• The thief melted into the crowd.
• By morning, the mist had melted away.

Cómo se usa: melt away (The tension melted away after we talked.); melt into something (His figure melted into the darkness.)

Sinónimos: fade, disappear, vanish

Antónimos: appear

Expresiones frecuentes: melt away, melt into something

enternecerse, ablandarse

Sentirse conmovido y volverse más cariñoso o sentir un gran afecto.

En inglés sencillo: To become gentle or feel strong affection because something touches your feelings.

• Her smile made my heart melt.
• He melted when the baby reached for him.
• That small act of kindness melted her heart.

Cómo se usa: melt at something (She melted at the sight of the sleeping puppy.)

Sinónimos: soften

Antónimos: harden

Expresiones frecuentes: melt your heart, melt at something

roca refundida

Roca que volvió a hacerse líquida después de haberse solidificado.

En inglés sencillo: Rock that became liquid again after first becoming solid.

• The drill recovered impact melt from the crater.
• These melts formed when the asteroid struck.
• Scientists examined the melt for signs of rapid cooling.

Expresiones frecuentes: impact melt, rock melt, melt sample