No. 8,304 in Catalan
descongelar
To defrost or to thaw.
In a sentence
Cal descongelar el menjar abans de cuinar-lo.
It's necessary to thaw the food before cooking it.
Here, 'descongelar' is used literally to refer to the action of thawing or defrosting frozen food.
Les relacions entre els dos països van començar a descongelar-se després de la conferència.
The relations between the two countries started to thaw after the conference.
In this instance, 'descongelar' is used metaphorically to describe the warming or improvement of relationships between the countries.
Descongelar una idea antiga pot donar lloc a una solució innovadora.
Thawing an old idea can lead to an innovative solution.
Here, 'descongelar' is metaphorically applied to the process of revisiting or bringing back an old idea to reuse it creatively.
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