breeding

breeding
noun (education and training; good manners: a man of good breeding.) educación, modales
breeding
tr['briːdɪŋ]
noun
1 (of animals) cría; (of plants) propagación nombre femenino
2 (social background) clase nombre femenino; (manners) modales nombre masculino plural
■ he lacks breeding le falta clase
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
breeding ground figurative use (for germs, infection) caldo de cultivo
breeding place criadero
breeding season época de la reproducción
breeding
adj.
• semental adj.
n.
• crianza s.f.
• cría s.f.
• educación s.f.
'briːdɪŋ
mass noun
a) (reproduction) reproducción f
b) (raising - of animals) cría f; (- of plants) cultivo m
c) (upbringing)

a woman of breeding — una mujer de buena cuna

politeness is a sign of good breeding — la cortesía es señal de buena educación

['briːdɪŋ]
1. N
1) (Bio) reproducción f
2) [of stock] cría f
3) [of person] (also: good breeding) educación f , crianza f

bad breeding, ill breeding — mala crianza f , falta f de educación

he has (good) breeding — es una persona educada

it shows bad breeding — muestra una falta de educación

2.
CPD

breeding ground N — (Bio) lugar m de cría; (fig) caldo m de cultivo (of, for de, para)

breeding pair N — pareja f reproductora

breeding season N — época f de reproducción

breeding stock N — animales mpl de cría

* * *
['briːdɪŋ]
mass noun
a) (reproduction) reproducción f
b) (raising - of animals) cría f; (- of plants) cultivo m
c) (upbringing)

a woman of breeding — una mujer de buena cuna

politeness is a sign of good breeding — la cortesía es señal de buena educación


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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