ferver

• firver
• ḥerver
• ḥirvir
• hervir
• hirvir
• herver

From Latin ferveō.

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈbeɾ/ [feɾˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: fer‧ver

ferver

1. to boil

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “ferver”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “ferver”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferver (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ferveō.

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈbeɾ/ [feɾˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: fer‧ver

ferver (first-person singular present fervo, first-person singular preterite fervín, past participle fervido)
ferver (first-person singular present fervo, first-person singular preterite fervim or fervi, past participle fervido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (ambitransitive) to boil

• aferventar (“to blanch”)
• fervellasverzas (“restless person”, literally “boil-their-greens”)
• fervente (“boling; fiery”)
• fervenza (“waterfall”)
• ferver a cachón (“to bubble; to boil violently”)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “ferver”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “ferv”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ferver”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ferver”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ferver”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “ferver”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “ferver” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferver, from Latin fervēre, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeru- (“to be hot, boil”).

ferver (first-person singular present fervo, first-person singular preterite fervi, past participle fervido)

1. (transitive) to boil (heat a liquid until it begins to turn into a gas)
2. (intransitive) to boil (of a liquid); to turn into gas
3. (intransitive) (figuratively) to be crowded with people