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blanquear — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blanch verb To grow or become white.
  • blank adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
  • bleach noun A chemical used to whiten fabric or disinfect surfaces by removing colour or killing germs.
  • whiten verb (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
  • whitewash noun A cheap white paint made from lime or chalk mixed with water, used to coat walls and fences.

Senses

blanquear is used for these senses in English:

  • blanch (transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
  • blanch (transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
  • blank (transitive) To make void; to erase.
  • bleach (transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
  • whiten (ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
  • whitewash A thing used to hide mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; also (often, politics) , an act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; especially, a campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts.

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.

blank — full definition

  1. adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
  2. adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
  3. noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
  4. verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
  5. verb To deliberately ignore someone.

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