populate

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de preencher ou povoar um lugar com pessoas, animais ou dados.

A verb used to indicate the act of filling or inhabiting a place with people, animals, or data.

1. Inhabit or live inB2formal

   To live in or occupy a particular area or region.

   Habitar

   • Various tribes populate the Amazon rainforest.
   • The city is populated by people from many different cultures.
   • Birds populate the island during the summer months.

   Sinônimoscolonizeinhabitlive inoccupypeoplesettle

2. Fill with inhabitantsB2formal

   To cause a place to become occupied by people or animals.

   Povoar

   • The government encouraged settlers to populate the new territory.
   • Efforts were made to populate the region with wildlife.
   • The area was populated by immigrants in the early 20th century.

   Sinônimoscolonizeinhabitpeoplesettlestock

   Antônimosdepopulatedesolateemptyevacuate