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brood(
brud
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
2. (to reflect)
a. rumiar
The writer sat brooding in the coffee shop, twirling his mustache and occasionally scrawling notes.El escritor rumiaba en el café, retorciéndose el bigote y garabateando notas de vez en cuando.
b. dar vueltas a
Sergei stared at the chess pieces and brooded over his next move.Sergei miró fijamente las piezas de ajedrez y le dio vueltas a su próxima jugada.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (offspring)
a. la nidada (F) (birds)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The children discovered a brood of ducklings down by the pond.Los niños descubrieron una nidada de anadones allá por la balsa.
c. la prole (F) (colloquial) (children)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
The neighborhood bully found out the hard way that Mrs. Sampson was a large woman and very protective of her brood.El matón del barrio aprendió a las malas que la señora Sampson era una mujer grande y muy protectora de su prole.
d. la progenie (F) (children)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The O'Malleys were Irish Catholics and produced a substantial brood.Los O'Malley eran católicos irlandeses y tuvieron una progenie considerable.
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