birth

nacimiento, parto

Momento en que un bebé o una cría sale del cuerpo de su madre.

En inglés sencillo: The event when a baby or young animal comes out of its mother’s body.

• The baby’s birth made everyone happy.
• She gave birth at home.
• His date of birth is on the form.

Cómo se usa: give birth to someone (She gave birth to a healthy baby boy.); at birth (The baby weighed three kilos at birth.)

Sinónimos: childbirth, delivery

Antónimos: death

Expresiones frecuentes: give birth, birth certificate, date of birth, birth weight

nacimiento, origen

Inicio de una nueva idea, actividad, organización o forma de vida.

En inglés sencillo: The beginning of a new idea, activity, organization, or way of life.

• That meeting marked the birth of our club.
• The book describes the birth of modern science.
• New printing methods helped the birth of a national newspaper industry.

Cómo se usa: birth of something (The invention marked the birth of a new industry.)

Sinónimos: beginning, origin, creation

Antónimos: end

Expresiones frecuentes: birth of something, birth of cinema

biológico

Relacionado por nacimiento, y no por adopción o matrimonio.

En inglés sencillo: Related to someone through being born to them, rather than through adoption or marriage.

• She met her birth mother last year.
• His birth parents live in another country.
• Do you know anything about your birth father?

Sinónimos: biological

Antónimos: adoptive

Expresiones frecuentes: birth mother, birth father, birth parents

dar a luz, parir

Hacer que un bebé salga del propio cuerpo al final del embarazo.

En inglés sencillo: To bring a baby out of your body at the end of pregnancy.

• She birthed her baby at home.
• The midwife supported her as she birthed twins.
• Many women prefer to birth their babies in hospital.

Sinónimos: give birth to, bear, deliver

Expresiones frecuentes: birth a baby, birth a child