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Spanish 3H
Unit 3 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| el calentamiento global | global warming |
| el cambio climático | climate change |
| la conservación | conservation |
| la contaminación (del aire/del agua) | (air/water) pollution |
| la deforestación | deforestation |
| la ecologista | ecologist |
| el ecotourism | ecotourism |
| la energía (nuclear/solar) | (nuclear/solar) energy |
| el envase | container |
| la extinción | extinction |
| la fábrica | factory |
| el gobierno | government |
| la lata (tin) | can |
| la ley | law |
| el medio ambiente | enviornment |
| el peligro | danger |
| la (sobre) población | (over) population |
| el reciclaje | recycling |
| el recurso natural | natural resource |
| la solución | solution |
| puro/a | pure |
| renovable | renewable |
| cazar | to hunt |
| conservar | to conserve |
| contaminar | to pollute |
| controlar | to control |
| cuidar | to take care of |
| dejar de (+ inf.) | to stop (doing something) |
| desarrollar | to develop |
| descubrir | to discover |
| destruir | to destroy |
| estar afectado/a (por) | to be affected (by) |
| estar contaminado/a | to be polluted |
| evitar | to aviod |
| mejorar | to improve |
| proteger | to protect |
| reciclar | to recycle |
| recoger | to pick up |
| reducir | to reduce |
| resolver (o:ue) | to resolve; to solve |
| respirar | to breathe |
| de aluminio | (made) of aluminum |
| de plástico | (made) of plastic |
| de vidrio | (made) of glass |
| ecologista | ecological |
| el árbol | tree |
| el bosque (tropical) | (tropical; rain) forest |
| el cielo | sky |
| el cráter | crater (big hole in land, surrounded by flat land) |
| el desierto | desert |
| la estrella | star |
| la flor | flower |
| la hierba | grass |
| el lago | lake |
| la luna | moon |
| la naturaleza | nature |
| la nube | cloud |
| la piedra | stone |
| la planta | plant |
| el río | river |
| la selva, la jungla | jungle |
| el sendero | trail; path |
| el animal | animal |
| el ave; el pájaro | bird |
| el gato | cat |
| el perro | dog |
| el pez | fish |
| los peces | fish |
| la vaca | cow |
| el sol | sun |
| la tierra | land; soil |
| el valle | valley |
| el volcán | volcano |
| a menos que | unless |
| antes (de) que | before |
| con tal (de) que | provided (that) |
| cuando | when |
| después | after |
| en caso (de) que | in case (that) |
| en cuanto | as soon as |
| hasta que | until |
| para que | so that |
| sin que | without |
| tan pronto como | as soon as |
| (no) creer | (not) to believe |
| (non) dudar | (not) to doubt |
| (no) negar (e:ie) | (not) to deny |
| es imposible | it's impossible |
| es improbable | it's improbable |
| es obvio | it's obvious |
| no cabe duda de | there is no doubt that |
| no hay duda de | there is no doubt that |
| (no) es cierto | it's (not) certain |
| (no) es posible | it's (not) possible) |
| (no) es probable | it's (not) probable |
| (no) es seguro | it's (not) certain |
| (no) es verdad | it's (not) true |
| alegrarse (de) | to be happy |
| esperar | to hope; to wish |
| sentir (e:ie) | to be sorry; to regret |
| temer | to fear; to be afraid |
| es extrańo | it's strange |
| es una lástima | it's a shame |
| es ridículo | it's ridiculous |
| es terrible | it's terrible |
| es triste | it's sad |
| ojalá (que) | I hope (that); I wish (that) |
| el balneario | spa |
| el Citurón de Fuego | Ring of Fire |
| cuidadoso/a | careful |
| derramado/a | spilled |
| las faldas | foot (of a mountain or volcano) |
| lanzar | to throw |
| mantenerse fuera | to keep outside |
| el milagro | miracle |
| el piso | ground |
| la profundidad | depth |
| refrescarse | to refresh oneself |
| el rugido | roar |
| el ruido | noise |
| la ballena | whale |
| el mono | monkey |
| lanzar synonym | tirar |
| cuidadoso synonym | cauteloso |
| cortar | to cut (a tree) |
| carroña | dead animals (condors food) |
| vuela | flying |