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El medio ambiente
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Económico/a | economical |
| La protección | Protection |
| El recurso natural | Natural Resource |
| Sufficiente | Enough |
| El petróleo | Petroleum |
| El carbón | Carbon |
| Las huertas solares | Wind Farms |
| preforar | To drill (for oil) |
| El océano | ocean |
| La electricidad | electricity |
| El/la ambientalista/environmental | Environmentalist/environmental |
| La atmósfera | Atmosphere |
| La capa de ozono | Ozone Layer |
| El clima | Climate/weather |
| El efecto invernadero | Greenhouse effect |
| El hielo | Ice |
| La preservación | Conservation |
| El recalentamiento global | Global warming |
| El rescate | Rescue |
| La selva tropical | Tropical forest |
| La tierra | Land/Earth |
| El agujero | hole |
| El dióxido de carbono | Carbon Dioxide |
| La desforestación/despoblación forestal | Deforestation |
| Grave | Serious |
| La amenaza | Threat |
| La falta | Lack |
| La contaminación/contaminado/a | Pollution/polluted |
| El desperdicio/los residuos | Waste/garbage/refuse |
| Desperdiciar | To waste |
| Echar | To throw away |
| La fábrica | Factory |
| El pesticida | Pesticide |
| El derrame de petróleo | Oil spill |
| Envenenar/el vereno | To Poison/poison |
| El vertedero | Landfill |
| El recipiente | Container |
| Reciclar/el reciclaje | To recycle/recycling |
| El enchufe | Plug |
| Enchufar/desenchufar | To plug in/to unplug |
| Rociar | To spray |
| En peligro de extinción | Endangered |
| La caza/cazar/cazado(a) | Hunting/to hunt/hunted |
| Salvaje | Wild |
| La piel | Skin/fur |
| La pluma | Feather |
| El ave (femenina) | Bird |
| El águila calva | Bald Eagle |
| La ballena | Whale |
| La foca | Seal |
| El oso polar | Polar Bear |
| La especie | Species |
| El manati | Manatee |
| El lobo gris | Gray wolf |
| El cóndor californiano | California condor |
| La tortuga marina | Sea turtle |
| Amenazar | To threaten |
| Dañar | To damage/harm |
| Fomentar | To encourage |
| Depender de | To depend on |
| Deshacerse de | To get rid of |
| Agotar(se) | To run out of/exhaust |
| Derretir (e-i) | To melt |
| Detener | To stop |
| Disminuir | To diminish/decrease |
| Tomar medidas | To take measures/steps |
| Debido a | Due to/because of |
| La escasez | Shortage |