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Costa Rica Vocab
Vocabulario de Costa Rica del libro Mundo 21
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dándole | giving him |
| Reino | kingdom |
| Bañaba | bathed (past tense) |
| Caña | cane (sugar) |
| Virreinato | vice-royalty |
| Obras | works |
| Ama | owner/mistress/housewife |
| Lograr | to achieve/obtain |
| Ocultar | to hide/cover up |
| Dañinos | harmful |
| Atmósfera | atmosphere |
| Contaminación del aire, tierra y agua | f. air, land and water pollution |
| Derrame de petróleo | m. oil spill |
| Desecho de los desperdicios | waste disposal |
| Efecto invernadero | greenhouse effect |
| Equilibrio ecológico | ecological balance |
| Erosión | erosion |
| Lago envenenado | poisoned lake |
| Quema de la selva | burning of the jungle |
| Reciclaje | m. recycling |
| Tala | cutting down of trees |
| Biodiversidad | biodiversity |
| Bosque lluvioso | m. rain forest |
| Bosque nuboso | m. cloudy forest |
| Bosque tropical | m. tropical forest |
| Ecosistema | m. ecosystem |
| Species en vías de extención | f. pl. endangered species |
| Reserve biológica | biological reserve |
| Zona protegida | protected area |
| Erupción | f. eruption (volcano) |
| Inundación | f. flood |
| Huracán | m. hurricane |
| Temblor | m. earthquake |
| Tempestad | f. storm |
| Terremoto | earthquake |
| Tornado | tornado |