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rociar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drizzle noun Very light rain made up of fine, closely spaced droplets.
  • shower noun A device that sprays water over a person for washing, or the act of washing this way.
  • spatter verb To splash small drops of a liquid onto someone or something.
  • spray noun A fine mist of liquid released into the air.
  • sprinkle verb To scatter small drops or particles of something over a surface.

Senses

rociar is used for these senses in English:

  • drizzle (cooking, transitive) To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.
  • shower To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
  • spatter (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
  • spray (transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
  • sprinkle (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
  • sprinkle (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.

drizzle — full definition

  1. noun Very light rain made up of fine, closely spaced droplets.
  2. verb To rain lightly, or to pour a liquid slowly and thinly over food.

shower — full definition

  1. noun A device that sprays water over a person for washing, or the act of washing this way.
  2. noun A brief spell of rain.
  3. noun A party celebrating an upcoming birth or wedding, at which the guest of honour receives gifts.
  4. verb To wash oneself using a shower.
  5. verb To give something generously or in abundance.

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