English → Latin
“evaporate” in Latin
exhālōto breathe out, exhaleexspīrōto exhale (breathe out); to expire; to dieēvānēscōto vanish, disappear, pass away; to fade away, or die out; to lapsevapōrōto steam, reek; to smoke, fumigate
The English word evaporate itself goes back to Latin vapor, through ēvapōrātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
evaporate
TRANS., exhalare: exspirare (☞ evaporare, Gell., is not classical).
lNTRANS., exhalari (also, exhalare vapore, poetical, rare, Lucr., vidimus alta exhalare vapore, etc.): evanescere (of wine that loses its spirit; of mineral waters, aquae calidae evanuerunt, etc.): vaporare (post-Augustan, Plin., aquae vaporant et in mari ipso).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for evaporate?
- The usual Latin words for “evaporate” are exhālō, exspīrō, ēvānēscō; also vapōrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.