Meanings (ES + gloss)
aplacar • matar la sed • saciar
To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
I began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty-four hours; and worse than that, there was a parching thirst and dryness in my throat, and nothing with which to qu…
The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
apagar
To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
“From here you will see which one of us two stands up...when the fiery vomit is quenched.”
enfriar con agua • enfriar en agua • templar
To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.
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