brood
BrE /bruːd/ AmE /bruːd/
verb / noun en → es
to think about sad or worrying things for a long time, often alone and in silence
pensar tristemente, preocuparse
- brood over something
Collocations brood over a problem · brood about someone's death
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She spends hours brooding over her lost love.
Pasa horas pensando tristemente en su amor perdido.
to sit on eggs to keep them warm and help them develop until they hatch
incubar, poner huevos
- brood over something
Collocations a hen brooding over her eggs · birds that brood in spring
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The mother bird is brooding over the nest.
La madre pájaro está incubando los huevos en el nido.
a group of birds, especially hawks or vultures, that are together in the air
grupo de aves rapaces
- a brood of something
Collocations a brood of hawks · a brood of vultures
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A brood of hawks circled overhead.
Un grupo de halcones volaba en círculos sobre nuestras cabezas.
the children that a mother has at the same time or in quick succession
cría, prole
- a brood of something
Collocations the brood of a cat · the brood of a dog
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She had a large brood of children.
Ella tuvo una gran prole de hijos.