Spanish geographical words
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- el puente
- bridge
- ubicar
- to be located
- someter
- to subject
- el cazador
- hunter
- cazar
- to hunt
- derrotar
- to defeat; squander; destroy
- el reino
- kingdom
- apoderarse de
- to take possesion of, sieze
- la hazaña
- deed, exploit, feat
- soberano
- sovereign
- podrido
- rotten
- poderoso
- powerful
- la potencia
- potency; power; powerful nation
- hallar
- to find, discover, to find out
- hallarse
- to be; to fare, to get along
- la superficie
- surface, area
- montañas Rocosas
- Rocky Mountains
- la altiplanicie
- high plateau
- la llanura
- extensive plain, prairie
- el acantilado
- cliff
- arenoso(a)
- sandy
- caudaloso(a)
- wealthy, abundant
- la vertiente
- slope, watershed
- la cordillera
- mountain range
- el cordón de tierras
- strip of land
- la altura
- height, altitude
- la estación seca
- dry season
- la estación lluviosa
- rainy season
- el litoral
- coast, shore
- el salto de agua
- waterfall
- la anchura
- width; breadth
- las cataratas
- waterfalls
- riega
- irrigates
- el afluente
- tributary
- el terremoto
- earthquake
- la sequía
- drought
- la inundacion
- flood
- el enlace
- link, bond
- la apertura
- issue, opening (act)
- promover
- to promote, to advance
- la cumbre
- summit, top
- No obstante
- notwithstanding, nevertheless
- afrontar
- to face; confront
- la etapa
- stage, lap (race), period, epoch
- la propuesta
- proposal, offer
- recaer
- to fall(upon), to fall again, to relapse
- encargar
- to entrust, put in charge, recommend, advise
- dictaminar
- to give an opinion or judgement
- dicha
- happiness, good luck
- entrar en vigor
- to become effective (as a law)
- constituir
- to constitute, form, establish
- abatido
- depressed
- profundidad
- depth
- la profundidad
- depth
- pertenecer
- to belong, to pertain, to concern
- cultos
- cultured
- el crecimiento
- growth, increase
- de otro modo
- otherwise
- por eso
- therefore
- cultos (adj)
- cultured
- plebeyo(a)
- commoner
- el feligrese
- parishoner
- por ende
- hence, therefore
- el vestigio
- vestige, sign, trace