rebrote

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈbɾote/ [reˈβ̞ɾo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: re‧bro‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rebrotar or from re- +‎ brote.

Noun

rebrote m (plural rebrotes)

1. (botany) offshoot
2. new outbreak
   • 2020 May 18, “Las comunidades hacen acopio de material ante un posible rebrote”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Las comunidades hacen acopio de material ante un posible rebrote y el Ministerio de Sanidad les exige una vez a la semana conocer cuánto tienen almacenado.

     The communities collect material before a possible outbreak and the Ministry of Health requires them once a week to know how much they have stored.

Etymology 2

Verb

rebrote

1. inflection of rebrotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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