brood [bruːd]
noun
(gen) cría; (f) camada; (f) [of chicks] nidada; (f) [of insects etc] generación; (f) (humorous) [of children] prole; (f)
brood
∗brood [bruːd]
sustantivo
1nidada (f) (of baby birds); prole (f) progenie (f) (humorístico) (of children)
verbo intransitivo
2empollar (hen)
- to brood over one's mistakes (sentido figurado) -> rumiar los propios errores
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brood [brúd]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Empollar, ponerse las aves sobre los huevos. (n)
2Cobijar, tapar los pollos con las alas, como las gallina (n)
sustantivo
3Considerar, pensar o rumiar alguna cosa con cuidado.
- She sat brooding on the unfairness of life -> rumiaba lo injusta que era la vida
- Stop brooding on/ over it -> deja de darle vueltas al asunto
4Madurar alguna cosa con cuidado.
va. Criar con cuidado.
sustantivo
1Progenie, generación, raza, casa, ralea; hablando de personas se toma en mala parte.
2Nidada (of birds), el conjunto de huevos puestos en el nido.
3Cría, los pajarillos o pollos criados a un tiempo o de una vez.
4Producción, cualquier cosa producida.
Prole (of children). Camada (of mammals).
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Verb Conjugation for "brood"
Imperative
- brood
- you brood
- he/she broods
- we brood
- you brood
- they brood
Preterite
- I brooded
- you brooded
- he/she brooded
- we brooded
- you brooded
- they brooded
Present Continuous
- I am brooding
- you are brooding
- he/she is brooding
- we are brooding
- you are brooding
- they are brooding
Present Perfect
- I have brooded
- you have brooded
- he/she has brooded
- we have brooded
- you have brooded
- they have brooded
Past Continuous
- I was brooding
- you were brooding
- he/she was brooding
- we were brooding
- you were brooding
- they were brooding
Past Perfect
- I had brooded
- you had brooded
- he/she had brooded
- we had brooded
- you had brooded
- they had brooded
Future
- I will brood
- you will brood
- he/she will brood
- we will brood
- you will brood
- they will brood
Future Perfect
- I will have brooded
- you will have brooded
- he/she will have brooded
- we will have brooded
- you will have brooded
- they will have brooded
Future Continuous
- I will be brooding
- you will be brooding
- he/she will be brooding
- we will be brooding
- you will be brooding
- they will be brooding
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been brooding
- you have been brooding
- he/she has been brooding
- we have been brooding
- you have been brooding
- they have been brooding
Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been brooding
- you will have been brooding
- he/she will have been brooding
- we will have been brooding
- you will have been brooding
- they will have been brooding
Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been brooding
- you had been brooding
- he/she had been brooding
- we had been brooding
- you had been brooding
- they had been brooding
