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Environmental Vocab
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| A medio/largo plazo | In the mid term/long term |
| Ambiental | Environmental |
| La basura | Trash |
| El bosque | Forest |
| Calentar (ie) | To warm |
| La capa de ozono | Ozone layer |
| El carbon | 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 (des) ventaja | (Dis)advantage |
| Dificultar | To make difficult |
| Disminuir | To diminish |
| El efecto invernadero | Greenhouse effect |
| Es cierto que... | It's true that... |
| Extinguir | To extinguish |
| Las fuentes | Sources |
| Hacer caso | To pay attention |
| El humo | Smoke |
| Lo mas importante es (que)... | The most important thing is (that)... |
| El medicamento | Medicine/drug |
| La medida | Measure |
| El medio ambiente | Environment |
| Pequeno/a | Small, little (in size) |
| Pienso que... | I think that... |
| El plomo | Lead |
| Poco/a | Little (amount, scope, or degree) |
| Pocos/as | Few |
| Potable | Safe to drink |
| Prevenir | To prevent |
| Reciclar | To recycle |
| La recogida | Pickup |
| El recurso | Resource |
| Renovar (ue) | To renew |
| Rescatar | To rescue |
| La selva | Jungle |
| La sequia | Drought |
| Sin embargo | However |
| Un poco de | A little |
| El ADN | DNA |
| Agravar | To aggravate |
| El alimento | Food |
| El aparato | Device |
| Aumentar | To increase |
| El avance | Advance |
| Avanzar | To advance |
| Beneficioso/a | Beneficial |
| La calidad | Quality (as a measure of worth) |
| Clonar | To clone |
| La cualidad | Quality (as a characteristic) |
| Danar | To damage |
| Etiquetar | To label |
| Grave | Serious |
| Manipular | To manipulate |
| Mejorar | To improve |
| Predecir | To predict |
| Proponer | To propose |
| Sano/a | Healthy |
| Transgenico/a | Genetically modified |