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WJEC GCSE Ambiente

WJEC Official Vocab List for Environment

TermDefinition
a campo raso to camp in the open
a orillas del mar at the seaside
la acera pavement
el aeropuerto airport
el aerosol aerosol
las afueras outskirts
el ahorro de energía energy saving
atmosférico atmospheric
la alcantarilla drain/sewer
el alumbrado público street lighting
el animal animal
el aparcamiento car-park/parking
el árbol tree
el arbusto bush/shrub
el arco iris rainbow
la avenida avenue
el ayuntamiento town hall
la bahía bay
bajo low/ground(floor)/under
el barrio comercial comercial business quarter/shopping district
el barrio area/neighbourhood
los barrios bajos poorer quarters/slums
la basura rubbish
bochornoso muggy/oppressive (weather)
la bolsa de plástico plastic bag
el bosque wood
brillar to shine
la brisa breeze
buen tiempo fine weather
el bullicio uproar/din/bustle
la calle street
la calleja narrow street/side street
el calor heat
caluroso / cálido hot
la calzada roadway
cambiar to change
el cambio change
el campo countryside/country/field
la capa de ozono ozone layer
la cárcel prison
la carretera de circunvalación ring road
el casco urban town cenre
la catástrofe catastrophe
la central nuclear nuclear power station
el centro comercial shopping centre
cero zero
el chubasco squall
el cielo sky
la cima top/peak
la circulación traffic
la ciudad town/city
el clima climate
la cloaca sewer
la colina hill
el combustible combustible fuel
los combustibles fósiles fossil fuels
la comisaría police station
la concha shell
la conservación conservation
el contaminante pollutant
contaminar to pollute
el continente continent
cosmopólita cosmopolitan
la costa coast
el cruce crossroads
cubierto overcast
la cuesta hill/slope
el desagüe drain/outlet/drainage
descontaminar decontaminate
la deforestación deforestation
el deshielo thaw
el desierto desert
despejado clear/cloudless
los desperdicios rubbish/refuse
la destrucción destruction
el ecosistema ecosystem
el edificio público public building
el efecto invernadero greenhouse effect
el embotellamiento traffic jam
el empeoramiento deterioration/worsening
empeorar(se) to get worse/to deteriorate
envenenar to poison
la época period/time/epoch
la estación station/season
el estanque pond/pool
el este east
la estrella star
la fábrica factory
el/la fabricante manufacturer
fértil fertile
la fiera wild animal
la flor flower
fresco fresh/cool
frío cold
la fruta fruit
la fuente fountain/spring
fuerte strong
la geografía geography
el grado degree
el granizo hail
la granja farm
el granjero farmer
los habitantes de la ciudad inhabitants of the town/city
helar to freeze
hermoso beautiful
el hielo ice
la hierba grass
el horizonte horizon
húmedo damp/wet
la industria pesada heavy industry
industrial industrial
el insecto insect
la inundación flood(-ing)
el invierno winter
la isla island
el lago lake
ligero light (adj.)
llano flat (adj.)
llover to rain
llover a cántaros ‘to rain cats and dogs’
la llovizna drizzle
lloviznar to drizzle
la lluvia rain
lluvioso rainy
la luna moon
el mal tiempo bad weather
las malas hierbas weeds
la manzana apple
el mar sea
la marea tide
los mariscos shellfish
mejoramiento improvement
mejorar(se) to get better
la meseta plateau
el metal metal
el metro underground
el mineral mineral
la montaña mountain
el monumento monument
el mundo world
el museo museum
la naturaleza nature
la neblina mist
nevar to snow
la niebla fog/mist
el noreste north-east
el noroeste north-west
el norte north
la nube cloud
nublado cloudy
la nubosidad cloudiness
nuboso cloudy
el océano ocean
el oeste west
la ola wave
oscuro dark
el otoño autumn
el paisaje countryside/scenery
el pájaro bird
el paso para peatones pedestrian crossing
el pez fish
el pico / la cumbre peak/summit/top
pintoresco picturesque
el planeta planet
la planta floor/plant
la plaza (town) square
polvoriento dusty
el prado meadow/field
la precipitación rainfall
previsto forecast/anticipated
la primavera spring
pronosticar to forecast/to predict
el pronóstico forecast/prediction
el puente bridge
el puerto port
el rascacielos skyscraper
el rayo (flash of) lightning
el relámpago lightning
el reptil reptile
el río river
la roca rock
el rocío dew
rodear to surround
seco dry
las señales de carretera roadsigns
la senda path/track
la sequía drought
el sol sun
solar
soleado sunny
la sombra shade
suave gentle/smooth
los suburbios suburbs
el suelo floor/ground
el sur south
el sureste south-east
el suroeste south-west
la temperatura temperature
la tempestad / la tormenta storm
tempestuoso / tormentoso stormy
templado mild
la temporada season
el tiempo time/weather
la tierra earth/world/land
tranquilo calm/peaceful
el trigo wheat
tronar to thunder
el trueno thunder
la urbanización housing estate/residential development
el valle valley
variable variable/changeable
la vecindad neighbourhood
el verano summer
el viento wind
la visibilidad visibility
zona industrial industrial area
zona residencial residential area
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