mushroom

hongo, seta

Organismo que crece en la tierra o la madera, a menudo con un sombrero redondo sobre un pie corto.

En inglés sencillo: A fungus that grows on soil or wood, often with a round top on a short stem.

• A mushroom grew beside the tree.
• We found mushrooms in the damp wood.
• Some mushrooms are poisonous.

Expresiones frecuentes: wild mushroom, edible mushroom, poisonous mushroom, mushroom species

seta, champiñón

Parte de un hongo que crece sobre el suelo, normalmente con sombrero y pie; algunas son comestibles.

En inglés sencillo: The part of a fungus that grows above ground, often with a cap and stem; some are eaten.

• I added mushrooms to the soup.
• The mushroom had a wide brown cap.
• She sliced three mushrooms for the sauce.

Sinónimos: shroom, mushrump

Expresiones frecuentes: mushroom cap, mushroom soup, sliced mushroom, mushroom stem

multiplicarse, crecer rápidamente

Crecer o aumentar en cantidad muy rápidamente.

En inglés sencillo: To grow or increase very quickly.

• Costs mushroomed last year.
• The village has mushroomed into a busy town.
• Online shops are mushrooming across the country.

Cómo se usa: mushroom into something (The small dispute mushroomed into a national debate.); mushroom from A to B (The population mushroomed from two thousand to twenty thousand.)

Sinónimos: expand, balloon, grow rapidly

Antónimos: shrink

Expresiones frecuentes: mushroom into something, mushroom overnight, mushroom rapidly

recoger setas

Recoger hongos comestibles en el campo o en el bosque.

En inglés sencillo: To collect edible fungi in the countryside.

• We mushroom in these woods every autumn.
• They went mushrooming after the rain.
• She mushroomed with her grandfather as a child.

Expresiones frecuentes: mushroom in woods, mushroom with someone

en forma de hongo

Con forma de hongo de sombrero redondo, o parecido a él por su crecimiento o textura.

En inglés sencillo: Shaped like a fungus with a round cap, or similar to one in growth or feel.

• A mushroom cloud rose above the explosion.
• The smoke took on a mushroom shape.
• The town's mushroom growth surprised its older residents.

Expresiones frecuentes: mushroom cloud, mushroom shape, mushroom growth