gestación
gestation
noun hes-tah-SYOHN Rare
Origin: from Latin gestatio, from gestare 'to carry'
Also means
development
Usage Note
Gestación literally means pregnancy or gestation in biology, but is widely used figuratively for the slow development of a project or idea: el proyecto estuvo en gestación durante años. The related verb is gestar (to gestate, to develop). Do not confuse with embarazo, which is the everyday word for pregnancy in humans.
Examples
"El proyecto estuvo en gestación durante dos años."
Natural Translation
The project was in gestation for two years.
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