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1 hormiguero
adj.ants' nest, ant hill.Tokio es un hormiguero humano Tokyo is swarming with peoplem.anthill, ant-hill, antbed.* * *1 ant hill, ant's nest\ser un hormiguero figurado to be swarming with people, be crawling with people* * *1.ADJ ant-eating2. SM1) (Entomología) ants' nest, ant hill2) [de gente]* * *b) ( de personas)* * *= anthill [ant hill].Ex. The reasons for these differences and the problems of survival of anthills on a salt marsh are discussed.----* cerdo hormiguero = aardvark.* oso hormiguero = anteater [ant-eater].* * *b) ( de personas)* * *= anthill [ant hill].Ex: The reasons for these differences and the problems of survival of anthills on a salt marsh are discussed.
* cerdo hormiguero = aardvark.* oso hormiguero = anteater [ant-eater].* * *2(de personas): la feria era un hormiguero de gente the fair was swarming with people* * *
hormiguero sustantivo masculino
( montículo) anthillb) ( de personas):
hormiguero sustantivo masculino
1 anthill
2 (lugar atestado) anthill, place swarming with people
' hormiguero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
osa
- oso
English:
ant eater
- ant hill
- ant
- swarm
* * *♦ adjoso hormiguero anteater♦ nm1. [de hormigas] [agujero] ants' nest;[promontorio] ant hill* * *m ant hill;la sala era un hormiguero de gente the hall was swarming with people* * *hormiguero nm1) : anthill2) : swarm (of people) -
2 ser un hormiguero
figurado to be swarming with people, be crawling with people -
3 pulular
v.1 to swarm.2 to pullulate, to swarm, to teem.* * *1 to swarm* * *1. VI1) (=bullir) to swarm ( por around)los turistas pululan por el vestíbulo del hotel — the tourists are swarming around the hotel lobby, the hotel lobby is throbbing o swarming with tourists
2) (=abundar) to swarm (de with)aquí pululan los mosquitos — this place is teeming o swarming with mosquitoes
2.VT LAm to infest, overrun* * *verbo intransitivoa) ( bullir) muchedumbre to mill aroundb) ( abundar)aquí pululan los rateros — this place is teeming o crawling with pickpockets
* * *= buzz with, mill around, run + rampant.Ex. The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.Ex. The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.* * *verbo intransitivoa) ( bullir) muchedumbre to mill aroundb) ( abundar)aquí pululan los rateros — this place is teeming o crawling with pickpockets
* * *= buzz with, mill around, run + rampant.Ex: The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.
Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.* * *pulular [A1 ]vi1 (bullir) «muchedumbre» to mill around2(abundar): aquí pululan los mosquitos en verano it's swarming with mosquitos here in the summeraquí pululan los rateros this place is teeming o crawling with pickpockets* * *
pulular ( conjugate pulular) verbo intransitivo
b) ( abundar):
pulular verbo intransitivo to swarm around: la gente pululaba alrededor del famoso novelista, the people swarmed around the famous novelist
' pulular' also found in these entries:
English:
mill about
- mill around
- swarm
* * *pulular vi1. [insectos] to swarm2. [personas] to mill around;miles de turistas pululaban por el centro de la ciudad Br the city centre o US downtown was swarming with thousands of tourists* * *v/i mill around* * *pulular viabundar: to abound, to swarmen el río pululan los peces: the river is teeming with fish
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