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Spanish Ch.3 Vocab
Environment/Health
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |