abrotoñar

Blend of brotar (“to sprout”) and retoñar (“to sprout”).

• IPA^(key): /abɾotoˈɲaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾo.t̪oˈɲaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bro‧to‧ñar

abrotoñar (first-person singular present abrotoño, first-person singular preterite abrotoñé, past participle abrotoñado)

1. (intransitive, of plants) to bud, sprout or grow
2. (intransitive, of water) to spout, gush
3. (intransitive, medicine) to develop pustules
4. (intransitive) to develop, arise, appear

• “abrotoñar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024