rumiar

v.

1 to chew.

El ganado rumia pasto The cattle chew grass.

2 to ruminate, to chew the cud.

Las vacas rumian Cows chew the cud.

3 to mull over, to chew on, to chew over, to cogitate on.

Ellos rumian sus fracasos They mull over their failures.

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rumiar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (animal) to ruminate, chew the cud

► verbo transitivo

1 (mascar) to chew

2 figurado (pensar) to ruminate, chew over, reflect on

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1. VI

1) [rumiante] to chew the cud

2) (=considerar) to ruminate, ponder; pey to take too long to make up one's mind

2. VT

1) (=masticar) to chew

2) [+ asunto] to chew over

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (liter) (cavilar) <idea/problema> to ponder (frml); <venganza> to brood over

b) (fam) (refunfuñar) to grumble about, moan about (BrE)

rumiaba entre murmullos que ... — she muttered under her breath that ...

2.

rumiar vi vaca to chew the cud, ruminate

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= chew + the cud.

Ex. In the above passage, the Torah lists two criteria for a kosher animal -- cleft hooves and chewing the cud.

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* rumiar un asunto = chew + the cud.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (liter) (cavilar) <idea/problema> to ponder (frml); <venganza> to brood over

b) (fam) (refunfuñar) to grumble about, moan about (BrE)

rumiaba entre murmullos que ... — she muttered under her breath that ...

2.

rumiar vi vaca to chew the cud, ruminate

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= chew + the cud.

Ex: In the above passage, the Torah lists two criteria for a kosher animal -- cleft hooves and chewing the cud.

* rumiar un asunto = chew + the cud.

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rumiar [A1 ]

vt

1 (liter) (cavilar) ‹idea/problema› to ponder (frml); ‹venganza› to brood about o over o upon

rumiar las penas to brood over o on one's troubles (liter)

2 (fam) (refunfuñar) to grumble about, moan about (BrE)

¿qué andas rumiando tú? what are you grumbling about?

rumiaba entre murmullos que … she muttered under her breath that …

■ rumiar

vi

«vaca» to chew the cud, ruminate

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rumiar (conjugate rumiar) verbo intransitivo [vaca] to chew the cud, ruminate
rumiar verbo transitivo
1 (la vaca, etc) to ruminate, chew one's cud
2 fig (meditar) to think over, reflect on: aún está rumiando lo que le propuse, she's still thinking over my proposal
(refunfuñar) to moan o grumble about
'rumiar' also found in these entries:
English:
brood
- chew
- cud
- ruminate

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rumiar

♦ vt

1. [masticar] to chew

2. [pensar] to ruminate on, to chew over;

rumió la propuesta durante varios días he chewed over the proposal for several days

3. [mascullar] to mutter

♦ vi

[masticar] to ruminate, to chew the cud

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rumiar

v/t fig

ponder

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rumiar vt

: to ponder, to mull over

rumiar vi

1) : to chew the cud

2) : to ruminate, to ponder