- gestar
- v.to gestate.La mujer gestaba a su hijo The woman gestated her son.El pillo gestó un plan The thief gestated a plan.* * *gestar► verbo transitivo1 to gestate► verbo pronominal gestarse1 figurado (sentimiento) to grow; (idea) to develop; (plan) to be under way, be in the pipeline■ un sentimiento de ira se gestó en la población a feeling of anger spread among the population■ el plan de recuperación se gestó en varias reuniones the recovery plan was the product of several meetings■ este movimiento se gestó en Europa en el siglo quince this movement developed in Europe in the fifteenth century■ se está gestando cambios importantes important changes are on the way* * *1.VT (Bio) to gestate2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to gestate2.gestarse v pron
se gestaba una revolución/una huelga — a revolution/a strike was brewing
* * *= incubate.Ex. It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.----* polémica + gestarse = controversy + brew.* que se lleva gestando hace tiempo = long-simmering.* * *1.verbo transitivo to gestate2.gestarse v pronse gestaba una revolución/una huelga — a revolution/a strike was brewing
* * *= incubate.Ex: It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.
* polémica + gestarse = controversy + brew.* que se lleva gestando hace tiempo = long-simmering.* * *gestar [A1 ]vtA (Biol) to gestateB (preparar) to put togethergestan un plan destinado a crear un caos they are putting together a plan to cause chaos■ gestarsev pronla revolución venía gestándose desde hacía mucho tiempo the revolution had been developing o brewing for a long timese gestaba una huelga a strike was brewing o was being organized* * *gestar♦ vito gestate♦ See also the pronominal verb gestarse
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.