derretir

== Spanish == === Etymology === A portmanteau of Latin dēterō (“to rub away; to wear out”) and Latin rēterō (“to rub off”), from Latin terere (“to rub, to tread”). Compare English detriment for the former half of the portmanteau, and Galician and Portuguese derreter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dereˈtiɾ/ [d̪e.reˈt̪iɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: de‧rre‧tir === Verb === derretir (first-person singular present derrito, first-person singular preterite derretí, past participle derretido) (transitive, also pronominal) to melt Synonyms: deshelar, descongelar, disolver, liquidar (transitive) to spend, waste Synonyms: consumir, gastar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “derretir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025