flare-up

el estallido

flare-up(

flehr

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (sudden outburst or intensification)

a. el estallido

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

After the arrest of the demostrators, there was a flare-up of violence.Después de la detención de los manifestantes, hubo un estallido de violencia.

b. el recrudecimiento

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

A flare-up of hostilities along the border has led the authorities to seek a cease-fire.El recrudecimiento de las hostilidades en la frontera ha llevado a las autoridades a procurar un cese del fuego.

2. (worsening of symptoms)

a. el recrudecimiento

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

He had a flare-up of his rash this morning, so he went to see his doctor.Sufrió un recrudecimiento de la erupción esta mañana, así que fue a ver a su médico.

flare-up [ˈflɛərˈʌp]

noun

[of anger] arranque (m); (quarrel) riña (f); [of violence] estallido (m); [of illness, acne] recrudecimiento (m)

it was either indigestion or a flare-up of his old gastritis ingredients that cause acne flare-ups stressful events can trigger an exacerbation or `flare-up" of the illness

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