brote

=

outbreak

noun

brote
masculine noun
1. bud, shoot (de planta); sign, hint (inicio); outbreak (de enfermedad)
  • brotes de soja -> beansprouts

brote [bro’-tay, bro’-to]
noun
1. Germ of vines, bud of trees. (m)
2. Fragment, crumb, chip. (Province; Provinicial) (m)
3. To break out, appearance; rash, pimples (erupción cutánea). (Medical) (m)
  • Un brote de sarampión -> an outbreak of measles
4. (fig.) Outbreak, rash (ola). (m)
5. (fig.) Origin; earliest beginnings, first manifestation (comienzo). (m)

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