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fundir

to melt, to fuse

verb foon-DEER Rare

Origin: Latin fundere (to pour, melt).

Also means

to blow (a fuse), to merge

Usage Note

Fundir covers melting metals, blowing electrical fuses (se fundió el fusible), and the figurative merging of companies or ideas. Fundirse (reflexive) means to melt away or blend together. Do not confuse with hundir (to sink) — the initial consonants differ.

Examples

"El calor del sol fundió la mantequilla."

Natural Translation

The heat of the sun melted the butter.

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