breed

breed
[briːd]
sustantivo
1raza (f) (of animal) (also sentido figurado)
  • a dying breed (sentido figurado) -> una especie en extinción
verbo transitivo (pt & pp bred [bred])
2criar (animals); crear, producir (sentido figurado) (discontent)
verbo intransitivo
3reproducirse

breed [brid]
1Criar, procrear, engendrar, multiplicar (animals).
2Ocasionar, causar, producir, engendrar, generar (violence).
  • Success breeds success -> el éxito llama al éxito
3Criar, educar, enseñar (raise, educate).
  • I’m a Londoner born and bred -> nací y me crié en Londres
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
4Criar. (n)
va. hacer cría o multiplicarla. Reproducirse.
sustantivo
1Casta, raza, progenie (of animals); variedad (of plants).
2Progenie, generación.
  • A new breed of athletes -> una nueva generación de atletas
  • A dying una especie en vías de extinción ->

breed [briːd] bred (past)
noun
[of animal] raza; (f) [of plant] variedad; (f) estirpe; (f)
verb:transitive
1 [+animals] criar
town bred criado en la ciudad; they are bred for show se crían para las exposiciones; we breed them for hunting los criamos para la caza
2 [+hate, suspicion] crear; engendrar
verb:intransitive
[+animals] reproducirse; procrear
they breed like flies rabbitsor se multiplican como conejos

Verb Conjugation for "breed"

Imperative
  • breed
  • you breed
  • he/she breeds
  • we breed
  • you breed
  • they breed
Preterite
  • I bred
  • you bred
  • he/she bred
  • we bred
  • you bred
  • they bred
Present Continuous
  • I am breeding
  • you are breeding
  • he/she is breeding
  • we are breeding
  • you are breeding
  • they are breeding
Present Perfect
  • I have bred
  • you have bred
  • he/she has bred
  • we have bred
  • you have bred
  • they have bred
Past Continuous
  • I was breeding
  • you were breeding
  • he/she was breeding
  • we were breeding
  • you were breeding
  • they were breeding
Past Perfect
  • I had bred
  • you had bred
  • he/she had bred
  • we had bred
  • you had bred
  • they had bred
Future
  • I will breed
  • you will breed
  • he/she will breed
  • we will breed
  • you will breed
  • they will breed
Future Perfect
  • I will have bred
  • you will have bred
  • he/she will have bred
  • we will have bred
  • you will have bred
  • they will have bred
Future Continuous
  • I will be breeding
  • you will be breeding
  • he/she will be breeding
  • we will be breeding
  • you will be breeding
  • they will be breeding
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been breeding
  • you have been breeding
  • he/she has been breeding
  • we have been breeding
  • you have been breeding
  • they have been breeding
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been breeding
  • you will have been breeding
  • he/she will have been breeding
  • we will have been breeding
  • you will have been breeding
  • they will have been breeding
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been breeding
  • you had been breeding
  • he/she had been breeding
  • we had been breeding
  • you had been breeding
  • they had been breeding