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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