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engendrar
engendrar(
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
c. to give birth to (a woman)
Creo que he engendrado a un monstruo.I think I've given birth to a monster.
e. to conceive (a woman or a couple)
La hija de David fue engendrada por inseminación artificial.David's daughter was conceived by artificial insemination.
f. to beget (literary)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
El sacerdote dijo que el matrimonio sirve para engendrar niños.The priest said that marriage is for begetting children.
2. (to lead to)
a. to give rise to
El cambio climático puede engendrar enfermedades, sequías, inundaciones y hambrunas.Climate change may give rise to diseases, droughts, floods and famines.
b. to cause
El involucramiento del ejército engendró alarma entre los ciudadanos.The involvement of the army caused alarm among citizens.
c. to engender
Toda esta burocracia engendra un sentimiento de impotencia.All this bureaucracy engenders feelings of powerlessness.
e. to beget (literary)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
El odio no engendra más que odio.Hatred begets nothing but hatred.
a. to generate
Un círculo que gira sobre su eje engendra una esfera.A circle rotating around its axis generates a sphere.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. to have children
Después de la enfermedad ya no puede engendrar.Following her illness, she can no longer have children.
b. to get pregnant (a woman)
Ana tenía dudas sobre si podría engendrar.Ana doubted whether she would be able to get pregnant.
c. to procreate (literary)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
Las mujeres ya no pueden engendrar después de la menopausia.Women can no longer procreate after the menopause.
engendrarse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g., Te ves cansado.).
a. to arise
Debido a la crisis, pueden engendrarse problemas como el desempleo.Problems such as unemployment may arise as a result of the economic crisis.
b. to come about
No debemos olvidar nunca cómo se engendró el nazismo.We must never forget how Nazism came about.
c. to be born
Fue aquí donde se engendró la canción más famosa de la cantautora.It was here that the singer-songwriter's most famous song was born.
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