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chocar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  • collide verb To crash into something else with force, usually by accident.
  • crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
  • hatch noun A small door or opening, often in a floor, ceiling, wall, or vehicle.
  • shock noun A sudden, jarring surprise or emotional blow.

Senses

chocar is used for these senses in English:

  • brood (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
  • collide (intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.
  • crash (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
  • hatch (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
  • shock (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.

brood — full definition

  1. noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  2. noun Informal term for the children of one family.
  3. verb Of a bird, to sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
  4. verb To dwell unhappily on one's thoughts, often alone.

collide — full definition

  1. verb To crash into something else with force, usually by accident.
  2. verb To be in conflict, or to clash over something, especially ideas or interests.

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