Hervidas

Hervidas is the feminine plural form of the past participle of the Spanish verb hervir, meaning boiled. It functions as an adjective and agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies; for example, patatas hervidas or ensaladas hervidas. The masculine plural form is hervidos, and the singular feminine form is hervida.

In culinary usage, hervidas describes foods that have been boiled rather than fried, roasted, or steamed. It is common in Spain and many Latin American countries to label prepared items or recipes with this descriptor, such as patatas hervidas (boiled potatoes), habichuelas hervidas (boiled beans), or huevos hervidos (boiled eggs). The term can appear in menus, grocery labeling, and recipe instructions to distinguish boiled components from other cooking methods. Depending on regional variation, speakers may also use the more general terms cocidas or cocidos for boiled items in everyday speech, but hervidas remains widely understood in contexts that emphasize the method of preparation.

See also: hervir, cocer, cocina española, cocina latinoamericana.