hive

Inflections of 'hive' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
hive n	(beehive: bees' man-made home)	colmena nf
	The beekeeper had six hives.
	El apicultor tenía seis colmenas.
hive n	(beehive: bees' natural nest)	colmena nf
	The bees had built a hive in the roof of the barn.
	Las abejas han hecho una colmena en el tejado del granero.
hive n	(bee colony)	enjambre nm
	The bees decided to start a new hive and began to swarm.
	Las abejas decidieron producir un nuevo enjambre y empezaron a pulular.
hives npl	(itchy skin rash)	urticaria nf
Note: Used with a singular or plural verb.
	I break out in hives when I eat seafood.
	No puedo comer marisco porque me produce urticaria.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
hive in [sth] vi + prep	(bees: nest)	construir colmenas vtr + nfpl
	There are bees hiving in that hollow tree.
	Hay abejas construyendo colmenas en aquel árbol hueco.
hive [sth]⇒ vtr	(bees: place in hive)	poner en la colmena loc verb
	The beekeeper is waiting for warmer weather to hive his swarm.
	El apicultor está esperando a que la temperatura aumente para poner las abejas en la colmena.

Locuciones verbales
Inglés		Español
hive off vi phrasal	UK (move away from group)	separarse⇒ v prnl
	(figurado)	abrirse⇒ v prnl
hive [sth] off, hive off [sth] vtr phrasal sep	UK (business: transfer ownership)	transferir algo a manos privadas loc verb

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
beehive n	(man-made home for bees)	colmena nf
		abejera nf
	Farmers rent the beehives to fertilize their fields.
	Los granjeros alquilan las colmenas para fertilizar sus campos.
beehive n	(natural bees' nest)	panal nm
		nido de abejas loc nom m
	There's a beehive in one of my oak trees.
	Hay un panal en uno de mis robles.
beehive n	figurative (busy place) (figurado)	avispero nm
		hervidero nm
	The newsroom's a beehive every afternoon.
	La sala de noticias es un avispero todos los días.
beehive n	(1960s high hairstyle) (peinado)	colmena nf
		cardado nm
	All the women in those old photos had beehives.
hive of activity n	figurative (place: busy, lively) (figurado)	hormiguero, hervidero nm
	Every Sunday the church building turned into a hive of activity.
log hive n	(type of bee hive)	colmena de tronco nf + loc adj

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