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El medio ambiente
vocabulario del medio ambiente
| El medio ambiente | environment |
| La basura | Garbage |
| los desechos, los desperdicios, los residuos | Waste |
| La contaminación | Pollution |
| Contaminado | Polluted |
| La destrucción | Destruction |
| El calentamiento global | Global warming |
| El cambio climático | Climate change |
| Reutilizar | To reuse |
| Reducir | To reduce |
| Reciclar | Recycle |
| Ecológico | Ecological, eco-friendly |
| Eliminar | To eliminate |
| En peligro de extinción | Danger of extinction |
| Funcionar | To function, to work |
| es grave | it is serious |
| La guerra | War |
| La paz | Peace |
| Juntarse | To get together |
| La manera, el modo, la forma | Manner, way |
| Mejorar | To improve |
| Empeorar | To worsen |
| Desenchufar | To unplug |
| Enchufar | To plug |
| Apagar las luces | To turn off the lights |
| Encender (e-ie) | To turn on |
| Sembrar un árbol | To plant a tree |
| el aire puro | Pure, clean air |
| Resolver | To resolve, to solve |
| Malgastar to waste, | to misuse |
| Creer | To believe |
| Dudar | To doubt |
| Proteger | To protect |
| Las luces, la luz | The lights, the light |
| botar, echar, tirar, desechar | To throw in the garbage |
| El aluminio | Aluminum |
| El plástico | Plastic |
| El vidrio | The glass |
| La botella | Bottle |
| La lata | The can |
| Cambiar los hábitos | Change the routine |
| evitar el deterioro | to avoid deterioration/decline |
| la naturaleza | nature |
| ahorrar | to save (money, time, water, electricity) |
| el consumo | consumption, use |
| las materias primas | raw materials |
| los recursos naturales | natural resources |
| el bombillo | light bulb |
| cerrar el grifo | to turn off the faucet |
| reducir las emisiones | reduce emissions |
| las vías vehiculares | vehicular traffic road/streets/highways/roadways |
| el hogar | the home |
| ambos (as), los dos | both, the 2 of them |
| la ubicación | location |
| la falta de ... | the lack of |
| regar (e - ie) | to water, to irrigate |
| es gratis | it is free of charge |
| recoger | to pick up |
| vaciar | to empty, vacate |
| el aislamiento | insulation, isolation |
| el abono | compost, fertilizer |
| el apagón blackout, | power outage |