How is the word ruminer translated from French to English

English translation
brood over
phrase

Continuer à penser à une chose triste ou inquiétante.

To keep thinking about something sad or worrying.

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  • Ne rumine pas une seule mauvaise critique. — Don't brood over one bad review.

  • Je rumine mes petites erreurs pendant des jours. — I brood over small mistakes for days.

  • Pourquoi rumines-tu son silence ? — Why do you brood over his silence?

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