budding

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From the verb bud: (⇒ conjugate)
budding is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
budding adj figurative (person: developing)incipiente adj mf
  en ciernes loc adj
 Their eldest son Mark's a budding writer.
 Su hijo mayor, Marcos, es un escritor incipiente.
 Su hijo mayor, Marcos, es un escritor en ciernes.
budding adj (plant: producing buds)en ciernes loc adj
 Budding plants should be kept indoors in cool weather.
 Las plantas en ciernes deben mantenerse en el interior durante el invierno.
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Additional Translations
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budding n (action of producing buds)brotadura nf
 Roses should be pruned in winter to encourage better budding.
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Principal Translations
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bud n (unopened flower)capullo nm
  botón nm
 Spring is late this year; the trees still have only buds, not blossoms yet.
 La primavera se atrasa este año: los árboles aún tienen solo capullos, ninguna flor todavía.
bud vi (flower)brotar vi
  germinar vi
  echar brotes loc verb
 The daffodils usually bud in February.
 Los narcisos normalmente brotan en febrero.
bud vi figurative (start to develop)surgir vi
  nacer vi
 An idea began to bud in Lacey's mind.
 En la mente de Lacey empezó a surgir una idea.
bud n (partially opened flower)capullo nm
  brote nm
 The roses are still buds; they should be in full bloom tomorrow and will make a nice bouquet.
 Las rosas aún son capullos; para mañana ya habrán florecido y harán un bonito ramo.
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Additional Translations
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bud interj informal (term of address: friend)amigo interj
  (MX)cuate interj
  compadre interj
  (AR)hermano interj
 Hey, bud, how have you been?
 Hola amigo. ¿Cómo estás?
bud n informal (buddy: friend) (ES)colega n común
  camarada n común
  (AmL)compadre nm
  (MX)cuate nm
 Oh, that's Sam--he's my bud.
 Oh, ese es Sam; es mi colega.
bud n US, slang (marijuana) (coloquial)hierba nf
  (coloquial)pasto nm
  (AR, coloquial)porro nm
 Apparently, the cops found two bags of bud in David's car.
 Por lo que parece, la policía encontró dos bolsas de hierba en el coche de David.
bud n figurative ([sth] developing) (figurado)germen nm
 The bud of the young man's hopes and ambitions had yet to come to full flower.
 El germen de las esperanzas y ambiciones del joven aún no se había desarrollado por completo.
bud n abbreviation, usually plural (earbud)auricular nm
  audífono nm
 Steph took her buds out so she could hear what Ryan was asking her.
 Steph se quitó los auriculares para escuchar lo que le estaba preguntando Ryan.
bud [sth] vtr (plant: graft)injertar vtr
 It is possible to bud roses onto a sturdier stalk to create a stronger plant.
 Se pueden injertar rosas en tallos más resistentes para crear una planta más fuerte.
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Compound Forms:
bud | budding
InglésEspañol
Bud Light,
bud light
n
® US (low-alcohol beer) (marca registrada)Bud Light n propio f
Note: As a registered trademark, “Bud Light” should be capitalized, but it is sometimes not capitalized in informal communication.
bud vase n (small vase for flowers)florero nm
cotton swab (US),
cotton bud (UK)
n
(cotton wool on stick) (AmL)hisopo nm
  (ES)bastoncillo nm
  (AmS, MX)cotonete nm
  (CO)copito nm
 You shouldn't put anything in your ears, but most people clean them with a cotton swab anyway.
 Uno no debe meterse nada en los oídos, pero mucha gente se los limpia con hisopos.
flower bud n (small protuberance on a plant)pimpollo nm
in the bud adj (plant: not yet blooming)en brote loc adj
  brotando gerundio
in the bud adj figurative (undeveloped, immature)en ciernes loc adj
  inmaduro/a adj
nip [sth] in the bud v expr figurative (stop developing further) (figurado)cortar de raíz loc verb
  cortar antes que crezca loc verb
 Her son took up smoking, but she nipped that in the bud by making him smoke an entire pack.
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