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engendrar

to engender

verb ehn-hehn-DRAHR Rare
People & Society Family

Origin: From Latin ingenerare ('to implant, produce').

Also means

to beget

Usage Note

Engendrar means to father a child (biological sense) or to give rise to something abstract (engendrar odio = to breed hatred). The noun engendro (offspring, or pejoratively a 'monster') shares the root. It is a regular -ar verb.

Examples

"El miedo puede engendrar violencia."

Natural Translation

Fear can engender violence.

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