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MEDIO AMBIENTE
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Abancalamiento | Terracing | |
| Abiótico | Abiotic | |
| Absorción | Absorption | |
| Aerosoles | sprays | |
| Agente contaminante | pollutant | |
| Agencia Internacional de la energía | International Energy Agency (IEA) | |
| Agencia Internacional del Energias renovables | International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA) | |
| Agencia Europea de los Productos Químicos | European Chemicals Agency ( ECHA) | |
| Agencia Europea de Medio Ambiente | European Enviromental Agency ( EEA) | |
| Agua dulce | Fresh Water | |
| Agua de lluvia depurada | Treated rain | |
| Agua potable | Drinking water | |
| Agua percolada | Percolated water | |
| Agua salobre | Brackish water | |
| Agua subterránea | Ground water /underground water | |
| Aguas pluviales | stormwater | |
| Aguas residuales | sewage water | |
| Aguas servidas | waste water | |
| Amianto | Asbestos | |
| Ansiedad climática | ecoanxiety | |
| Arsénico | arsenic | |
| artificiales | man-made | |
| Aves autóctonas | Native birds | |
| Asentamientos | Settlements lands | |
| Asufre | Sulfur | |
| Ballena franca | Patagonian right whale | |
| Basura | , rubbish, garbage | |
| Basura marina | Marine litter | |
| Caldera | boiler | |
| Calentamiento global | Global warming | |
| Capa freática | Water table | |
| Capa de ozono | Ozone layer or shield | |
| capturar gases de efecto invernadero | Sequester greenhouse gases | |
| carbón | coal | |
| Carbono azul | blue carbon | |
| casquete polar | ice cap | |
| cero emisiones netas | zero net emmissions | |
| Ciénaga | Fen | |
| Cloacas | Sewers | |
| Clorato | clorate | |
| Clorito | clorite | |
| Cloro | Chlorine | |
| Clorofluorocarbonos CFC | Chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) | |
| compostaje | composting | |
| Conciencia ambiental | enviormental awareness | |
| contamiantes organicos persistentes | Persistent organic pollutants | |
| contracorriente | backwashing | |
| conglomeración | conglomeration | |
| conversión de energía a gas | Power-to -gas | |
| apagón | power cut or blackout | |
| corteza terrestre | earth crust | |
| crecida repentina | flash flood | |
| cuenca | basin | |
| dañar la capa de carbono | deplete the ozone layer | |
| daño patrimonial | damage to aour heritage | |
| desague | drainage | |
| demanda de enfriamiento | cooling demand | |
| descartable | single use | |
| deshielo | thaw | |
| dispersión urbana | urban sprawl | |
| dragado | dredging | |
| degradación del suelo | land degradation | |
| desertificación | desertification | |
| downstream | refinamiento y procesamiento del petróleo y gas | |
| ecoblanqueo | greenwhasing | |
| ecocidio | ecocide | |
| embalse | empoundment | |
| eliminación de desechos | waste disposal | |
| energía geotérmica | geothermal energy | |
| energía eólica | wind energy | |
| energía hidroeléctrica | hydropower | |
| era de ebullición global | global boiling era | |
| escape | release | |
| especies avícolas | avian species | |
| especies invasoras | invasive species | |
| especies en peligro de extinción | endangered species | |
| esterilizante del suelo | soil sterilant | |
| estancamiento | stagnation | |
| explotación forestal | logging | |
| fluor | fluorine | |
| falla | fault | |
| fosa marina | trench | |
| flotabilidad | buoyancy | |
| flujos de residuos | waste streams | |
| fracturación hidráulica | fracking | |
| Gestión de residuos | waste management | |
| gestión ambientalmente racional de residuos | enviornmentally sound management | |
| grupo intergubernamental de expertos sobre cambio climático | IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | |
| hidroponía | hydroponics (cultivo de plantas en el agua) | |
| hierro | iron | |
| huemedal | wetland | |
| hollín | soot | |
| huella ecológica | ecologial footprint | |
| impacto ecológico o huella de carbono | carbon footprint or carbon label | |
| industria de servicios públicos | public utility industry | |
| inundaciones | floods | |
| lecho | bed | |
| licitacion de energía | energy tender | |
| marea creciente | flood tide | |
| marea menguante | ebb tide | |
| meseta | plateau | |
| microbios diseñados | designer bugs | |
| midstream | el sector del transporte | |
| napas freáticas | ground water | |
| pacto verde | green deal | |
| parque eólico | wind farm | |
| pendiente | slope | |
| perforar | to drill | |
| planta generadora de electricida a carbón | coal-fired electric generating unit | |
| red eléctrica | electricity grid | |
| red de alcantarillado | sewerage network | |
| pluviosidad | rainfall | |
| reducción de gases de efecto inverandero | greenhouse gast mitigation | |
| plataforma continental | plataforma shelf | |
| refrigerate | coolant | |
| refrigerantes de bajo potencial de calentamiento global (PCG) | Low GWP- Refrigerants | |
| residuos sólidos urbanos | municipal solid waste | |
| represa | dam | |
| reutilizable | reusable | |
| roca ígnea | igneous rock | |
| salmuera | brine | |
| saneamiento | sanitation | |
| semana del medio ambiente | green week | |
| silicio | silicon | |
| silvicultura | forestry | |
| sin plomo | unleaded, lead-free | |
| sistema de aguas residuales | sewage system | |
| sobrepesca | overfishing | |
| sumidero de carbono | carbon sink | |
| surface waters | aguas superficiales | |
| sulfuro | sulfide | |
| azufre | sulfur | |
| suelo dispersivo | dispersive soil | |
| talado de árboles uniformes | clearcutting | |
| tajamar | dike/ dyke | |
| techos frescos | cool roofs | |
| techos verdes | green roofs | |
| tendido eléctrico | transmission | |
| torre de perforacio´n | oil rig | |
| upstream | sector de exploración y producción | |
| uranio de bajo enriquecimiento y alto ensayo (HALEU) | high-assay low-enriched uranium | |
| USO CONSUNTIVO DEL AGUA | CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE | |
| vehiculo híbrido | plug-in hybrid | |
| híbrido con celda de combustible | cell electric vehicles | |
| verterdero | landfill | |
| via fluvial | waterway |
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