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Meaning of enxame | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
enˈʃame

Definitions

  1. swarm
  2. beehive
  3. Equivalent to 'Swarm': A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.

Equivalents

English Beehive Swarm

Examples

“Vinte cinco ducias D'obos eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan conque fazer os Formigos, e de mel vnha caldeyra, que os meus cobos e cortizos teñen moy boas entenas; porque sairon ogano moytos enjames d'abellas.”

Twenty-five dozens of eggs I offer her, so that they have the necessary to cook the formigos; and of honey a cauldron, because my skeps and hives have very good honeycombs, because this year many swarms of bees went out

“Item mando a iglesia de (...) hun eyxame que seia para o lume”

Item, I grant to the church of (...) a beehive, for the light [for paying for the lightning of the church]

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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