kaltata — meaning in English

English meaning

• blanch verb To grow or become white.
• scald verb To burn with hot liquid.

Senses

kaltata is used for these senses in English:

• blanch (transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
• scald To burn with hot liquid.

blanch — full definition

1. verb To grow or become white.
2. verb To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
3. verb To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
4. verb To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices.

scald — full definition

1. verb To burn with hot liquid.
2. verb To heat almost to boiling.

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