brotar

v.

1 to sprout, to bud (plant).

ya le están brotando las flores al árbol the tree is already beginning to flower

Las rosas germinaron pronto The roses sprouted early.

2 to flow (water, blood).

la sangre brotaba a borbotones de la herida blood was gushing from the wound

brotar de to well up out of

le brotaron las lágrimas tears welled up in her eyes

3 to spring forth, to spring, to gush forth, to gush.

Chorros de agua brotan Squirts of water spring forth.

4 to spring up, to appear.

Las nubes oscuras brotaron de repente The dark clouds sprang up suddenly.

5 to gush out, to gush forth.

La fuente brotó agua muy limpia The fountain gushed out very clean water.

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brotar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (plantas - nacer) to sprout; (- echar brotes) to come into bud

2 (agua) to spring; (sangre) to flow; (lágrimas) to well up

3 (estallar) to break out

4 figurado to spring

■ imágenes que brotan del lado oscuro del hombre images that spring from the darker side of man

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer brotar to bring forth

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verb

1) to bud, sprout

2) spring up

3) break out

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VI

1) (Bot) [planta, semilla] to sprout, bud; [hoja] to sprout, come out; [flor] to come out

2) [agua] to spring up; [río] to rise; [lágrimas, sangre] to well (up)

3) (=aparecer) to spring up

han brotado sectas por todos sitios — sects have sprung up all over the place

las protestas populares brotaron de la crisis económica — popular protest sprang from the recession

como princesa brotada de un cuento de hadas — liter like a princess out of a fairy tale

4) (Med) (=epidemia) to break out; (=erupción, grano, espinilla) to appear

le brotaron granos por toda la cara — spots appeared all over his face, he came out in spots all over his face

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1.

verbo intransitivo

a) planta to sprout, come up; hoja to appear, sprout; flor to come out

b) manantial/río to rise

le brotaba sangre de la herida — blood oozed from the wound

las lágrimas que brotaban de sus ojos — the tears that began to flow from her eyes

c) duda/sentimiento to arise; rebelión/violencia to break out

d) sarampión/grano to appear

2.

brotarse v pron (AmL) to come out in spots, break o come out in a rash (BrE)

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= well up, bud, sprout, well, erupt.

Ex. A flood of feeling welled up in him about life and death and beauty and suffering and transitoriness and the yearning of his unsatisfied soul for a happiness not to be found on earth which poured out in 'Ode to a Nightingale'.

Ex. Despite below-normal temperatures, nectarines began budding.

Ex. Seeds blown by wind or carried by animals germinated and began sprouting green life in the barren area.

Ex. Then tears began to well in her eyes and the trembling of her breath showed that she was forcing back a lump in her throat.

Ex. Almost every school boy feels he has outgrown his infancy when his six-year molars erupt and that he is nearing manhood when his 12-year molars appear.

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* brotar hojas = leaf out.

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1.

verbo intransitivo

a) planta to sprout, come up; hoja to appear, sprout; flor to come out

b) manantial/río to rise

le brotaba sangre de la herida — blood oozed from the wound

las lágrimas que brotaban de sus ojos — the tears that began to flow from her eyes

c) duda/sentimiento to arise; rebelión/violencia to break out

d) sarampión/grano to appear

2.

brotarse v pron (AmL) to come out in spots, break o come out in a rash (BrE)

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= well up, bud, sprout, well, erupt.

Ex: A flood of feeling welled up in him about life and death and beauty and suffering and transitoriness and the yearning of his unsatisfied soul for a happiness not to be found on earth which poured out in 'Ode to a Nightingale'.

Ex: Despite below-normal temperatures, nectarines began budding.

Ex: Seeds blown by wind or carried by animals germinated and began sprouting green life in the barren area.

Ex: Then tears began to well in her eyes and the trembling of her breath showed that she was forcing back a lump in her throat.

Ex: Almost every school boy feels he has outgrown his infancy when his six-year molars erupt and that he is nearing manhood when his 12-year molars appear.

* brotar hojas = leaf out.

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brotar [A1 ]

vi

1 «planta» to sprout, come up; «hoja» to appear, sprout; «flor» to come out

2 «manantial/río» to rise

le brotaba sangre de la herida blood oozed from the wound

las lágrimas le brotaron de los ojos tears began to flow from her eyes

3 «duda/sentimiento» to arise; «rebelión» to break out, spring up

para impedir que vuelva a brotar la violencia to prevent a fresh outbreak of violence

una nueva modalidad de delincuencia está brotando en las grandes ciudades a new form of crime is emerging o appearing in large cities

4 «sarampión/grano» to appear

■ brotarse

v pron

(AmL) to come out in spots, break o come out in a rash (BrE)

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brotar (conjugate brotar) verbo intransitivo

a) [planta] to sprout, come up;

[hoja] to appear, sprout;
[flor] to come out

b) [sarampión/grano] to appear

brotarse verbo pronominal (AmL) to come out in spots
brotar verbo intransitivo
1 (germinar, retoñar) to sprout
2 (surgir una plaga, la violencia) to break out
3 (manar) to spring, gush
(lágrimas) to well up
'brotar' also found in these entries:
English:
gush
- spout
- spring
- spring up
- sprout
- well up
- well

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brotar

♦ vi

1. [planta] to sprout, to bud;

[semilla] to sprout;

ya le están brotando las flores al árbol the tree is already beginning to flower;

las lechugas están brotando muy pronto este año the lettuces are sprouting very early this year

2. [agua, sangre] [suavemente] to flow;

[con violencia] to spout;

brotar de to well up out of;

brotaba humo de la chimenea smoke billowed from the chimney;

le brotaron las lágrimas tears welled up in her eyes;

la sangre brotaba a borbotones de la herida blood was gushing from the wound

3. [enfermedad]

le brotó el sarampión she came down with measles;

le brotó un sarpullido he came out in a rash

4. [esperanza, pasiones] to stir;

entre los dos brotó una profunda amistad a deep friendship sprang up between them;

brotaron sospechas de que hubiera habido un fraude suspicions of fraud started to emerge

♦ See also the pronominal verb brotarse

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brotar

v/i

1 BOT sprout, bud

2 fig

de sospecha, chispa appear, arise; de epidemia break out

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brotar vi

1) : to bud, to sprout

2) : to spring up, to stream, to gush forth

3) : to break out, to appear

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brotar vb

1. (plantas) to sprout

la mayoría de las plantas brotan en primavera most plants sprout in spring

2. (flores) to bud [pt. & pp. budded] / to come into bud

¡las rosas han brotado! the roses have come into bud!