brood

brood
bru:d
1. verb
1) ((of birds) to sit on eggs.) empollar
2) (to think (about something) anxiously for some time: There's no point in brooding about what happened.) rumiar, dar vueltas

2. noun
(the number of young hatched at one time.) nidada, camada
brood
tr[brʊːd]
noun
1 (birds) nidada
2 familiar figurative use (children) prole nombre femenino
intransitive verb
1 (hen) empollar
2 figurative use (worry) apurarse, preocuparse
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
brood mare SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL yegua de cría
brood ['bru:d] vt
1) incubate: empollar, incubar
2) ponder: sopesar, considerar
brood vi
1) incubate: empollar
2) reflect: rumiar, reflexionar
3) worry: ponerse melancólico, inquietarse
brood adj
: de cría
brood n
: nidada f (de pájaros), camada f (de mamíferos)
brood
n.
• camada s.f.
• casta s.f.
• cría s.f.
• empolladura s.f.
• generación s.f.
• lechigada s.f.
• nidada s.f.
• pollada s.f.
• progenie s.f.
• ventregada s.f.
v.
• empollar v.
• encobar v.

I bruːd
noun
a) (of birds) nidada f; (of mammals) camada f
b) (of children) (hum) prole f (fam & hum)

II
intransitive verb (reflect)

she sat brooding on the unfairness of life — rumiaba lo injusta que era la vida

stop brooding on o over it — deja de darle vueltas al asunto

[bruːd]
1.
N (gen) cría f , camada f ; [of chicks] nidada f ; [of insects etc] generación f ; hum [of children] prole f
2. VI
1) [bird] empollar
2) (fig) [person] ponerse melancólico

to brood on or over — dar vueltas a

you mustn't brood over it — no debes darle tantas vueltas

disaster brooded over the town — se cernía el desastre sobre la ciudad

3.
CPD

brood mare N — yegua f de cría

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I [bruːd]
noun
a) (of birds) nidada f; (of mammals) camada f
b) (of children) (hum) prole f (fam & hum)

II
intransitive verb (reflect)

she sat brooding on the unfairness of life — rumiaba lo injusta que era la vida

stop brooding on o over it — deja de darle vueltas al asunto


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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