percolate

[US]/ˈpɜːkəleɪt/
[UK]/ˈpɜːrkəleɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. ①filtrar, infiltrar ②infiltrar pensamentos
vt. preparar por percolação.
Word Forms
Gerúndiopercolating
Terceira pessoa do singularpercolates
Particípio passadopercolated
Passado simplespercolated
Pluralpercolates

Phrases & Collocations

percolate slowly

filtrar lentamente

percolate through

filtrar por

percolate coffee

filtrar café

Example Sentences

percolate water through sand

filtrar água através da areia

Water percolated the sand.

A água percolou a areia.

Objective: To compare different therapeutic efficacy of different extracts with the method of percolate(Ⅰ)and with Soxhlet s extracter(Ⅱ).

Objetivo: Comparar a eficácia terapêutica de diferentes extratos com o método de percolação (Ⅰ) e com o extrator Soxhlet (Ⅱ).

Coffee needs time to percolate properly.

O café precisa de tempo para percolar adequadamente.

Ideas percolate in my mind before I write them down.

Ideias percolam em minha mente antes de escrevê-las.

The rain percolated through the soil to reach the groundwater.

A chuva percolou pelo solo para atingir o lençol freático.

Her excitement percolated through the whole group.

O entusiasmo dela se espalhou por todo o grupo.

The news began to percolate through the community.

As notícias começaram a se espalhar pela comunidade.

It takes time for changes to percolate through the system.

Leva tempo para as mudanças se espalharem pelo sistema.

The aroma of spices percolated from the kitchen.

O aroma das especiarias emanava da cozinha.

New ideas percolate from collaboration and brainstorming sessions.

Novas ideias surgem da colaboração e das sessões de brainstorming.

The music percolated through the walls of the concert hall.

A música se espalhou pelas paredes do salão de concertos.

Her positive attitude percolated into every aspect of her life.

A atitude positiva dela se espalhou por todos os aspectos de sua vida.

Real-world Examples

You send a fluid down, it percolates through the fractures.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

And it turns out a less swoopy look has been percolating amongst other RV designs the last few years.

Source: Vox opinion

But recently, an especially rigorous study came out that may finally answer some of our percolating questions.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American May 2023 Collection

Most notably, it says here it began in the lower classes and percolated up to the higher classes.

Source: TOEFL Reading Preparation Guide

But in wet climates, most of it gets dissolved by percolating rain and carried down to the groundwater below.

Source: "Minute Earth" Fun Science (Selected Bilingual)

First, it is short for the word percolate.

Source: Watch dramas to learn English.

Red giants are fantastically bright because of all the energy percolating up from their interiors, coupled with their enormous size.

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

What this does is it has ramifications that percolate upwards.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Introduction to Psychology

The perfume in it percolated the earth.

Source: Pan Pan

So it doesn't percolate into the soil, so the crops can't make use of it.

Source: VOA Special May 2017 Collection

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