steam
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The meaning (definition) of the word steam
to cook food over the hot puffy clouds from boiling water
The word steam used in a sentence
“We steam the broccoli in a pot with hot water.”
How the word steam is said around the world
| French | cuire à la vapeur (kweer ah lah vah-PUR) |
| Spanish | cocer al vapor (koh-THEHR ahl vah-POHR) |
| Mandarin | 蒸 (jung) |
| Hindi | भाप में पकाना (bhaap mein puh-KAH-nah) |
| Arabic | بخار (BOO-khahr) |
| Russian | готовить на пару (gah-TOH-veet nah pah-ROO) |
| Portuguese (EU) | vapor (vuh-POHR) |
| Portuguese (BR) | vapor (vah-POHR) |
| Japanese | 蒸す (MU-su) |
| German | dämpfen (DEM-pfun) |
| Urdu | بھاپ (bahp) |
| Punjabi | ਭਾਫ਼ (pahf) |
| Korean | 찌다 (JJEE-dah) |
| Hebrew | קִיטוֹר (KEEY-tohr) |
| Greek | μαγειρεύω στον ατμό (mah-yee-REV-oh stohn aht-MOH) |
| Dutch | stomen (STOH-muhn) |
| Tagalog | singaw (SEE-ngow) |
| Vietnamese | hấp (hup) |
| Turkish | buharda pişirmek (boo-hahr-DAH pee-shir-MEK) |
| Persian | بخارپز کردن (bo-khahr-PAZ kar-DAN) |
| Polish | gotować na parze (goh-TOH-vahch nah PAH-zheh) |
| Ukrainian | готувати на парі (hoh-TOO-vah-tee nah PAH-ree) |
| Bengali | বাষ্প (BAHSH-paw) |
| Swedish | ånga (AW-ngah) |
| Italian | cuocere al vapore (KWOH-chay-ray ahl vah-POH-ray) |
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