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2 incubar
v.1 to incubate (huevo).2 to be sickening for.* * *1 to incubate* * *verb1) to incubate2) hatch* * *1.VT to incubate2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to incubate2.* * *= hatch, incubate.Ex. The article 'TEAL being hatched on Teeside' discusses Teeside Polytechnic Library's change of plan from its original intention to use a UNIVAC computer to its present system involving a PRIME computer.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.* * *1.verbo transitivo to incubate2.* * *= hatch, incubate.Ex: The article 'TEAL being hatched on Teeside' discusses Teeside Polytechnic Library's change of plan from its original intention to use a UNIVAC computer to its present system involving a PRIME computer.
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.* * *incubar [A1 ]vt1 ‹huevos› to incubate2 ‹enfermedad› to incubate«crisis» to brew, build up* * *
incubar ( conjugate incubar) verbo transitivo
to incubate
incubar verbo transitivo to incubate
' incubar' also found in these entries:
English:
hatch
- incubate
* * *♦ vt3. [plan, complot] to hatch* * *v/t incubate* * *incubar v: to incubate -
3 empollar
v.1 to incubate (huevo).2 to bone up on(informal) (study). (peninsular Spanish)3 to swot (informal). (peninsular Spanish)4 to brood on, to brood, to hatch.* * *1 (huevos) to hatch2 familiar (estudiar) to swot, swot up, US bone up on* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (Zool) to incubate, sit on2) * [+ asignatura] to swot up *2. VI1) [gallina] to sit, brood2) [abejas] to breed3) * [estudiante] to swot *, grind away (EEUU), cram* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) gallina to brood2) (Esp fam) estudiante to cram (colloq), to swot (BrE colloq)2.empollar vt1) < huevos> to hatch, sit on2) (Esp fam) estudiante to cram (colloq), to swot up (on) (BrE colloq)* * *= cram for, hatch, swot.Ex. This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.Ex. The article 'TEAL being hatched on Teeside' discusses Teeside Polytechnic Library's change of plan from its original intention to use a UNIVAC computer to its present system involving a PRIME computer.Ex. Around the country schoolchildren and university students are swotting and sweating as they prepare to sit papers that could decide their future.----* libro para empollar = crammer.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) gallina to brood2) (Esp fam) estudiante to cram (colloq), to swot (BrE colloq)2.empollar vt1) < huevos> to hatch, sit on2) (Esp fam) estudiante to cram (colloq), to swot up (on) (BrE colloq)* * *= cram for, hatch, swot.Ex: This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.
Ex: The article 'TEAL being hatched on Teeside' discusses Teeside Polytechnic Library's change of plan from its original intention to use a UNIVAC computer to its present system involving a PRIME computer.Ex: Around the country schoolchildren and university students are swotting and sweating as they prepare to sit papers that could decide their future.* libro para empollar = crammer.* * *empollar [A1 ]viA «gallina» to brood■ empollarvtA ‹huevos› to hatch, sit on* * *
empollar ( conjugate empollar) verbo intransitivo
1 [ gallina] to brood
2 (Esp fam) [ estudiante] to cram (colloq), to swot (BrE colloq)
verbo transitivo
1 ‹ huevos› to hatch, sit on
2 (Esp fam) ‹ lección› to cram (colloq), to swot up (on) (BrE colloq)
empollar verbo transitivo
1 (la gallina: huevos) to sit on
2 fam (estudiar mucho) to swot (up), US bone up on
' empollar' also found in these entries:
English:
bone up on
- brood
- cram
- hatch
- learn up
- swot
- swot up
- incubate
* * *♦ vt1. [huevo] to incubate♦ viFam Br to swot, US to grind♦ See also the pronominal verb empollarse* * *I v/i famcram fam, Brswot famII v/t1 ZO sit on, incubate2 fam ( estudiar) cram fam, Brswot up on fam* * *empollar vi: to brood eggsempollar vt: to incubate* * *empollar vben junio, se pasa los días empollando in June, she spends all the time swotting -
4 ajuste de cuentas
figurado settling of scores* * ** * *(n.) = grudge fight, grudge match, settling of scoresEx. Some fights are grudge fights and these guys hate each other and is a great way of settling things.Ex. Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.Ex. The aggressiveness of a number of publications on this subject, replete with their accusations without any backup, can be interpreted as settling of scores.* * ** * *(n.) = grudge fight, grudge match, settling of scoresEx: Some fights are grudge fights and these guys hate each other and is a great way of settling things.
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5 caldo de cultivo
* * *(Biol) culture medium; ( ambiente propicio) breeding ground* * *(n.) = hotbed, breeding ground, petri dishEx. One of the most common misconceptions and criticisms held by the general public concerning universities is that they are hotbeds of radicalism, alcoholism, and sexism.Ex. This serves as an example of the Web acting as a breeding ground for a printed reference annual.Ex. Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.* * *(Biol) culture medium; ( ambiente propicio) breeding ground* * *(n.) = hotbed, breeding ground, petri dishEx: One of the most common misconceptions and criticisms held by the general public concerning universities is that they are hotbeds of radicalism, alcoholism, and sexism.
Ex: This serves as an example of the Web acting as a breeding ground for a printed reference annual.Ex: Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.* * *figbreeding ground -
6 enfrentamiento entre rivales
(n.) = grudge fight, grudge match, local derbyEx. Some fights are grudge fights and these guys hate each other and is a great way of settling things.Ex. Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.Ex. By the end of last season he was established as a firm favourite with the crowds for scoring the equaliser in the local derby with Arsenal.* * *(n.) = grudge fight, grudge match, local derbyEx: Some fights are grudge fights and these guys hate each other and is a great way of settling things.
Ex: Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.Ex: By the end of last season he was established as a firm favourite with the crowds for scoring the equaliser in the local derby with Arsenal. -
7 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.* * *1 to gestate■ 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* * *1.VT (Bio) to gestate2.See:* * *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.* * *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■ gestarsela 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* * *♦ vito gestate -
8 placa de Petri
(n.) = petri dishEx. Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.* * *(n.) = petri dishEx: Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.
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9 incubarse
VPR to incubate* * *vprse está incubando un golpe de estado a coup is being plotted;se está incubando un nuevo proyecto a new project is being prepared o planned* * *v/r incubate -
10 bacteria
f.1 germ.bacterias germs, bacteria2 bacterium, germ, bacteria.* * *1 bacterium* * *noun f.* * *SF bacterium, germpl bacterias bacteria, germs* * *femenino bacteriumbacterias — bacteria (pl)
* * *----* bacteria del ácido láctico = lactic acid bacteria.* bacterias = bacteria.* * *femenino bacteriumbacterias — bacteria (pl)
* * ** bacteria del ácido láctico = lactic acid bacteria.* bacterias = bacteria.* * *bacteriumbacterias bacteria (pl)Compuestos:(CS); (flesh-eating) killer bacteriumsuperbug* * *
bacteria sustantivo femenino
bacterium;
bacteria sustantivo femenino bacterium (pl bacteria)
' bacteria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
flora
English:
bacteria
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* * *bacteria nfbacterium;bacterias bacteria;el aire está lleno de bacterias the air is full of germs* * *f bacteria* * *bacteria nf: bacterium* * * -
11 a punto de incubar
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12 incrustante
• incrustation• incubate
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