brote
Meanings
Noun
1. sprout, bud (botany)
2. outbreak (of a disease), flare-up (figurative, figuratively)
Examples8
Esta campaña no puede evitar nuevos brotes del virus Zika.
This campaign cannot forestall new Zika virus outbreaks.
Italia y España se han visto especialmente afectadas por el brote.
Italy and Spain have been particularly hard hit by the outbreak.
La ambición es el germen del que procede todo brote de nobleza.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
¿Ha habido muchos brotes del sarampión?
Have there been many outbreaks of the measles?
No es necesario estar innecesariamente anxiosos acerca del brote.
There is no need to be unnecessarily anxious about the outbreak.
Los brotes de varicela han inspirado muchas fiestas infantiles.
Chicken pox outbreaks have inspired many children's parties.