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The Spanish word for bud is
capullo





bud

Gender

The gender of capullo is masculine. E.g. el capullo.

Plural

The plural of capullo is capullos.

Spanish Definition


bud
     1. capullo, yema
     2. florecer, brotar



Translations for bud and their definitions

capullo
     1. n-m. cocoon
     2. n-m. bud, blossom (especially used for rosebuds)
     3. n-m. pod
     4. n-m. (vulgar) foreskin
     5. n-m. (Spain, vulgar, derogatory) asshole, dick (contemptible person)


yema
     1. n-f. yolk (of an egg)
           Le quité las yemas a los huevos antes de mezclarlos en el guacamole. - I removed the yolk from the eggs before mixing them in the guac.
     2. n-f. tip (of a finger)
           Ponga la yema de su pulgar sobre la superficie. - Please put the tip of your thumb on the surface.
     3. n-f. (botany) bud; shoot


brote
     1. n-m. (botany) sprout, bud
     2. n-m. (figurative) outbreak (of a disease), flare-up
     3. v. third-person singular imperative of brotar


botón
     1. n-m. button (clothing, mechanical)
           darle al botón - to press a button
     2. n-m. key (on a musical instrument)
     3. n-m. bud (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded)


retoño
     1. n-m. sprout, shoot (of plant)
     2. n-m. (colloquial) kid, offspring (child)
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of retoñar


florecer
     1. v. to flower (to put forth blooms)
     2. v. to flourish, to prosper, to burgeon


cogollo
     1. n-m. lettuce or other vegetable heart
     2. n-m. (botany) shoot
     3. n-m. (botany) top portion of a tree
     4. n-m. nub; crux
     5. n-m. clique; select group


amigote
     1. n-m. crony
     2. n-m. pal


brotar
     1. v. to bud or sprout, to spring, spring up


retoñar
     1. v. to sprout, bud
     2. v. to reappear


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