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| Principal Translations |
| brood n | (baby birds) | nidada nf |
| | | polluelos nmpl |
| | The brood of chicks happily explored the barnyard. |
| | La nidada de pollos exploró feliz el corral. |
| brood [sth]⇒ vtr | (sit on: eggs) | empollar⇒ vtr |
| | | incubar⇒ vtr |
| | This species broods its eggs for as long as three weeks. |
| | Esta especie empolla sus huevos hasta por tres semanas. |
| brood⇒ vi | (hatch eggs) | empollar⇒ vi |
| | | incubar⇒ vi |
| | The geese are already brooding this year. |
| | Las ocas ya están empollando este año. |
brood over [sth],
brood about [sth] vi + prep | (think too much about) (coloquial, figurado) | rumiar⇒ vtr |
| | (coloquial, figurado) | masticar⇒ vtr |
| | There is no point in brooding over things that have happened in the past. |
| | Jamie has been brooding about the outcome of last night's football game all morning. |
| | No tiene caso estar rumiando sobre cosas que están en el pasado. |
| | | darle muchas vueltas a loc verb + prep |
| | (ES, coloquial, figurado) | comerse el coco, comerse el tarro loc verb |
| | (AR, coloquial) | enroscarse⇒ v prnl |
| | No tiene sentido darle muchas vueltas a cosas que ya han pasado. |
| Additional Translations |
| brood adj | (for breeding) | de cría loc adj |
| | The horse farm keeps several brood mares. |
| | La granja equina tiene varias yeguas de cría. |
| brood n | figurative (children) | prole nm |
| | | progenie nf |
| | Molly has quite a large brood, but she never seems angry at any of her children. |
| | Molly tiene una gran prole, pero nunca parece enfadada con ninguno de sus hijos. |
| brood n | (breed, type) | cría nf |
| brood over [sb] vi + prep | figurative (children: protect) | proteger⇒ vtr |
| | (figurado) | abrigar⇒ vtr |
| | Shirley's mom broods over her family like a mother hen. |
| | La madre de Shirley protege a su familia como una mamá gallina. |
| brood [sth]⇒ vtr | (bird: cover babies with wings) | cubrir con las alas loc verb |
| | In the nest, the mother bird broods her young. |
| | En el nido, el ave madre cubrió con las alas a sus crías. |
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