OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 356

birth

/bɜːθ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
nacencia • nacimiento • parto
The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
alumbramiento • parición • parto
An instance of childbirth.
In Greece a child was given its name on the seventh or tenth day after birth.
Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
nacimiento • orígen
A beginning or start; a point of origin.
the birth of an empire
abolengo • cuna • estirpe • nacimiento • nación
The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
without reference to birth, but solely for their qualifications
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 357

birth

/bɜːθ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dar a luz
To bear or give birth to (a child).
I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!
Kelly: Is it true we have a pod containing a baby krogan down in the cargo hold? Shepard: Not a baby. He's a full-grown super soldier ready for combat. Kelly: Please be careful if…