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évaporer

evaporate

verb eh-vah-poh-REH Rare
Animals & Nature Weather

Origin: Latin evaporare

Usage Note

Évaporer is almost always used reflexively as s'évaporer, meaning for a liquid to evaporate or, figuratively, for someone to vanish ('il s'est évaporé dans la nature'). The transitive form (to cause evaporation) exists but is rarer. The noun is évaporation.

Examples

"L'eau s'évapore rapidement sous la chaleur."

Natural Translation

The water evaporates quickly in the heat.

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