verb🔗ShareBlanquearTo treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair)."She is bleaching her old jeans to give them a lighter, more fashionable look. "Ella está blanqueando sus viejos jeans para darles un aspecto más claro y moderno.chemistrymaterialsubstanceprocessappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBlanquear, decolorarTo be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example)."The sun was bleaching the red paint on the old barn, making it look faded. "El sol estaba blanqueando la pintura roja en el viejo granero, haciéndola parecer descolorida.appearancechemistrymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBlanqueamiento, decoloración(of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae."Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed."Una vez que comienza el blanqueamiento de los corales, estos tienden a seguir decolorándose incluso si se elimina el factor de estrés.environmentbiologyecologyoceananimalorganismcolorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVaciar de significado, despojar de sentidoTo make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty."semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles"Palabras semánticamente vaciadas que se han convertido en partículas ilocucionarias.abstractphilosophymindlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBlanqueoThe process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents."The bleaching of my white shirt removed the coffee stain completely. "El blanqueo de mi camisa blanca eliminó por completo la mancha de café.processchemistrysubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePérdida, eliminaciónThe loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme."Here is a sentence illustrating the "bleaching" of a word, using a simple, clear example: "The bleaching of the word 'literally' to mean 'figuratively' annoys many traditional grammar users." "languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
