simmer

cocer a fuego lento, hervir suavemente

Cocinar alimentos líquidos lentamente, con pequeñas burbujas y sin que hiervan con fuerza.

En inglés sencillo: To cook liquid food gently, with small bubbles, just below the temperature at which it boils strongly.

• Let the soup simmer.
• She simmered the sauce for ten minutes.
• The stew is simmering gently on the stove.

Expresiones frecuentes: simmer the soup, simmer gently, simmer over low heat

arder de rabia, reconcomerse

Seguir enfadado durante mucho tiempo sin expresar del todo lo que se siente.

En inglés sencillo: To remain quietly angry for a long time without fully expressing your feelings.

• He sat quietly and simmered.
• She was still simmering with anger the next morning.
• I simmered for hours after our argument.

Cómo se usa: simmer with something (She simmered with anger after the unfair decision.)

Sinónimos: seethe, fume

Expresiones frecuentes: simmer with anger, simmer quietly, simmer with resentment

hervor suave

Estado de un líquido que se cocina suavemente con pequeñas burbujas, sin hervir con fuerza.

En inglés sencillo: The state of a liquid cooking gently with small bubbles rather than boiling strongly.

• Keep the water at a simmer.
• Bring the soup to a gentle simmer.
• The sauce needs ten minutes at a simmer.

Cómo se usa: bring something to a simmer (Bring the sauce to a simmer, then lower the heat.); keep something at a simmer (Keep the soup at a simmer for fifteen minutes.)

Expresiones frecuentes: a gentle simmer, at a simmer, bring to a simmer