fountain

fuente

Construcción que lanza agua al aire, normalmente para adornar un parque o una plaza.

En inglés sencillo: A structure that sends water into the air, often to decorate a park or square.

• We sat beside the fountain.
• Children watched the water rise from the fountain.
• The city built two new fountains in the park.

Expresiones frecuentes: garden fountain, water fountain, beside the fountain

manantial, fuente

Lugar donde el agua sale de la tierra de forma natural.

En inglés sencillo: A place where water comes naturally out of the ground.

• Clear water flowed from the fountain.
• They found a natural fountain among the rocks.
• The travelers drank from a cool mountain fountain.

Sinónimos: spring, water source

Expresiones frecuentes: natural fountain, mountain fountain, a clear fountain

brotar, salir a chorros

Salir hacia arriba o hacia fuera con fuerza, como un chorro de agua.

En inglés sencillo: To rush up or out in a strong stream, like water spraying into the air.

• Water fountained into the air.
• Lava fountained from the volcano's mouth.
• Blood was fountaining from the wound.

Cómo se usa: fountain from something (Hot water fountained from the broken pipe.)

Sinónimos: gush, spurt

Expresiones frecuentes: fountain from something, fountain into something, fountain upward