germinate

• Verbo usado para descrever o processo pelo qual uma semente começa a crescer e se desenvolver em uma planta; em sentido figurado, uma ideia ou sentimento começa a se desenvolver.

A verb used to describe the process by which a seed begins to grow and develop into a plant, or by extension, an idea or feeling begins to develop.

1. Start growingB2formalscientific

   To begin to grow and develop from a seed or spore.

   Germinar

   • The seeds will germinate in warm, moist soil.
   • It takes about a week for the beans to germinate.
   • The scientist observed how the spores germinate under the microscope.

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2. C1formal

   To begin to develop or come into existence, often used metaphorically for ideas or plans.

   Germinar

   • The idea for the novel germinated during his travels.
   • A plan began to germinate in her mind.
   • The concept germinated from a simple conversation.

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