cloquear

Senses

1. 1.

   to brood, to cluck

   (of a hen) to sit on eggs or make brooding sounds

2. 2.

   to become broody

   to show signs of wanting to hatch eggs or reproduce

Examples

• "La gallina cloquea en el nido."

  The hen is brooding in the nest.

• "Mi gallinero tiene dos gallinas que cloquean al mismo tiempo."

  My henhouse has two hens that are broody at the same time.

• "Cuando una gallina cloquea, rechaza la comida."

  When a hen broods, she refuses food.

Usage

This is a rural or agricultural term primarily used in contexts of poultry farming and animal husbandry. It comes from the onomatopoeia of brooding hen sounds (cloquear, cloc-cloc). The verb is regular and not commonly used in urban Spanish.