spawn

generar, producir

Dar origen a muchas cosas nuevas o seres vivos.

En inglés sencillo: To produce many new things or living creatures.

• The film spawned several sequels.
• One successful game can spawn hundreds of copies.
• The movement has spawned many local groups.

Sinónimos: generate, produce, create

Expresiones frecuentes: spawn new ideas, spawn a generation, spawn more something, spawn new generations

desovar

Poner huevos en el agua, como hacen los peces y las ranas.

En inglés sencillo: To lay eggs in water, as fish and frogs do.

• The frogs spawn in spring.
• These fish spawned near the riverbank.
• Salmon return to the same stream to spawn.

Cómo se usa: spawn in something (Salmon spawn in shallow streams.)

Sinónimos: lay eggs

Expresiones frecuentes: spawn in something, spawn upstream, spawn in water, spawn in spring

huevas de rana

Grupo de huevos de rana envueltos en una sustancia transparente y gelatinosa.

En inglés sencillo: A group of frog eggs covered in clear jelly.

• We found spawn in the pond.
• The spawn will soon hatch into tadpoles.
• Clear jelly protects the frog spawn.

Sinónimos: frog eggs

Expresiones frecuentes: frog spawn, a clump of spawn

huevas

Conjunto de muchos huevos puestos por animales que viven en el agua.

En inglés sencillo: A large group of eggs laid by animals that live in water.

• Fish spawn covered the rocks.
• The shallow water was full of spawn.
• Small fish ate some of the fresh spawn.

Sinónimos: eggs, roe

Expresiones frecuentes: fish spawn, masses of spawn

germen, fruto

Algo que inicia un nuevo desarrollo, o que surge de una fuente determinada.

En inglés sencillo: Something that begins new growth, or something produced by a particular source.

• The plan was the spawn of fear.
• They called the new movement the spawn of corruption.
• These tiny seeds are the spawn of future forests.

Cómo se usa: the spawn of something (The scheme was the spawn of greed.)

Sinónimos: seed, product

Expresiones frecuentes: the spawn of, evil spawn