If you spill boiling water, you can easily scald yourself.
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Scald
//skɔld//
Synonyms for "scald" (135 found)
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58 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- изгорено място noun (burn caused by hot liquid)
- запарвам verb (to heat almost to boiling)
- попарвам verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Catalan
1 entries- escaldar verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 燙傷 /烫伤 noun (burn caused by hot liquid)
- 燙 /烫 verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- 燙傷 /烫伤 verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Czech
2 entries- opařit verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- spařit verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Danish
1 entries- skolde verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Finnish
4 entries- aiheuttaa palovamma verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- kaltata verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- kuumentaa verb (to heat almost to boiling)
- polttaa verb (to burn with hot fluid)
French
3 entries- ébouillanter verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- échauder verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- échauder verb (to heat almost to boiling)
Galician
1 entries- escaldar verb (to burn with hot fluid)
German
4 entries- Brühstück noun (mixture of flour and hot water used in making bread)
- Verbrühung noun (burn caused by hot liquid)
- brühen verb (to heat almost to boiling)
- verbrühen verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Greek
1 entries- ζεματώ verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Hebrew
3 entries- כווייה noun (burn caused by hot liquid)
- הרתיח verb (to heat almost to boiling)
- שרף verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Hungarian
1 entries- leforráz verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Italian
2 entries- scaldare verb (to heat almost to boiling)
- scottare verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Latin
1 entries- combūrō verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Lithuanian
1 entries- plikyti verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skålde verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Portuguese
2 entries- escaldar verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- escaldar verb (to heat almost to boiling)
Romanian
3 entries- opăritură noun (burn caused by hot liquid)
- opări verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- opări verb (to heat almost to boiling)
Russian
4 entries- ожо́г noun (burn caused by hot liquid)
- обва́ривать verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- обвари́ть verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- обже́чь verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Spanish
4 entries- escaldadura noun (burn caused by hot liquid)
- quemadura noun (burn caused by hot liquid)
- escaldar verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- escaldar verb (to heat almost to boiling)
Swedish
3 entries- skållning noun (burn caused by hot liquid)
- skållning noun (mixture of flour and hot water used in making bread)
- skålla verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Tagalog
3 entries- banlian verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- mabanlian verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- makabanli verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Thai
1 entries- ลวก verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Ukrainian
2 entries- обшпарити verb (to burn with hot fluid)
- обшпарювати verb (to burn with hot fluid)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Scald, peal, and core nice firm tomatoes, season with salt and pepper, and in each tomato, lay a small piece of butter.
Source: tatoeba (10372398)
Scald the milk, separate the eggs, and add the egg yolks mixed with the sugar.
Source: tatoeba (12090756)
to scald the hand
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