outbreak

/ˈaʊtbreɪk/

noun B2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
outbreaks

Meaning

  1. brote

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

sprout

Spanish brote covers two unrelated English words: an outbreak is a sudden spread of disease; a sprout is a new plant shoot.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

irrupción

Close — an outbreak relates to an irruption.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa outbreak?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: Doctors contained the disease ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a outbreak?

noun

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