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Spanish Ch.3 Vocab
Environment/Health
Term | Definition |
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a medio plazo | in the mid term |
a largo plazo | in the long term |
ambiental | environmental |
la basura | trash |
el bosque | forest |
calentar (ie) | to warm |
la capa de ozono | ozone layer |
el carbón | coal |
el combustible | fuel |
contaminar | to contaminate |
el contenedor | container |
creo que... | i believe that... |
el cristal | glass |
desechar | to throw away, to discard |
el desecho | waste |
destruir (y) | to destroy |
la ventaja | advantage |
la desventaja | disadvantage |
dificultar | to make difficult |
disminuir (y) | to deminish |
el efecto invernadero | greenhouse effect |
es cierto que... | it's true that... |
extinguir | extinguish |
las fuentes | sources |
hacer caso | to pay attention |
el humo | smoke |
lo más importante es (que) | the most important thing is (that) |
el medicamento | medicine/drug |
la medida | measure |
el medio ambiente | environment |
pequeño/a | small, little (in size) |
pienso que... | i think that... |
el plomo | lead |
poco/a | little (amount, scope, degree) |
pocos/as | few |
potable | safe to drink/drinkable |
prevenir (ie) | to prevent |
reciclar | to recycle |
la recogida | pickup |
el recurso | resource |
renovar (ue) | to renew |
rescatar | to rescue |
la selva | jungle |
la sequía | drought |
sin embargo | however |
un poco de | a little |
el ADN | DNA |
agravar | to aggravate |
el alimento | food |
el aparato | device *apparatus* |
aumentar | to increase |
el avance | advance |
avanzar | to advance |
beneficioso/a | beneficial |
la calidad | quality (as a measure of worth) |
clonar | to clone |
dañar | to damage |
etiquetar | to label |
grave | serious |
manipular | to manipulate |
mejorar | to improve |
predecir (i) | to predict |
sano/a | healthy |
transgénico/a | genetically modified |