Meanings (ES + gloss)
decantar • transvasar • trasvasar
To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.
After washing, the insoluble lime soap is decomposed with hot dilute sulphuric acid. The melted fatty acids thus rise as an oil to the surface, when they are decanted.
decantar • transvasar • trasegar • trasvasar
To pour from one vessel into another.
to decant wine