verb🔗ShareEscalfarTo cook something in simmering liquid."My mom is poaching an egg for my breakfast. "Mi madre está escalfando un huevo para mi desayuno.foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscalfarTo be cooked in simmering liquid"My mother is poaching an egg for breakfast. "Mi madre está escalfando un huevo para el desayuno.foodutensilprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAblandarse, enlodarseTo become soft or muddy."After the heavy rain, the dirt path was poaching, making it difficult to walk without sinking. "Después de la fuerte lluvia, el camino de tierra se ablandó, lo que dificultaba caminar sin hundirse.environmentnatureconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAblandar, empaparTo make soft or muddy."Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud."El ganado que venía a beber había pisoteado y empapado la orilla del río, convirtiéndola en un lodazal.environmentconditionagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareApuñalar, perforarTo stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish."The fisherman was poaching salmon in the river with a long spear. "El pescador estaba apuñalando salmón en el río con una lanza larga.foodutensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSumergir, meterTo force, drive, or plunge into anything."The bully was poaching students into the alley to steal their lunch money. "El matón estaba metiendo a los estudiantes en el callejón para robarles el dinero del almuerzo.environmentanimallawactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbandonar, dejarTo begin and not complete."He started cleaning his room but, poaching on the task, he got distracted by his phone and never finished. "Empezó a limpiar su habitación pero, abandonando la tarea, se distrajo con su teléfono y nunca terminó.actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCazar furtivamenteTo take game or fish illegally."The man was arrested for poaching deer in the national park. "El hombre fue arrestado por cazar furtivamente ciervos en el parque nacional.environmentanimallawgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCazar furtivamente, apropiarse ilegalmenteTo take anything illegally or unfairly.""The company was accused of poaching employees from its competitor by offering them much higher salaries." "La empresa fue acusada de apropiarse ilegalmente de empleados de su competidor al ofrecerles salarios mucho más altos.lawenvironmentanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFicharTo entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own."The tech company was accused of poaching engineers from its rival by offering them higher salaries and better benefits. "La empresa tecnológica fue acusada de fichar ingenieros de su rival ofreciéndoles salarios más altos y mejores beneficios.businessjoborganizationeconomycommerceindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCaza furtivaIllegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting."The increased poaching of elephants for their ivory is threatening the species' survival. "La creciente caza furtiva de elefantes por su marfil está amenazando la supervivencia de la especie.environmentanimallawnatureactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
