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brote

outbreak

noun BROH-teh Rare

Also means

shoot, sprout

Usage Note

Brote has two common domains: in medicine it means an outbreak of illness (un brote de cólera, 'a cholera outbreak'), and in botany it means a new shoot or sprout on a plant. The verb is brotar ('to sprout, to break out'). Do not confuse brote with estallido, which implies a sudden explosion rather than an emerging spread.

Examples

"Se detectó un brote de gripe en la ciudad."

Natural Translation

A flu outbreak was detected in the city.

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