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Esp 4 - Vocab Cap 3
Vocabulary from all of Unidad 3 of Avancemos 3 (Lecciones 1 y 2)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| clean air | el aire puro |
| garbage container | el basurero |
| biodiversity | la biodiversidad |
| ozone layer | la capa de ozono |
| climate | el clima |
| pollution; contamination | la contaminación |
| deforestation | la deforestación |
| landslide | el derrumbe |
| greenhouse effect | el efecto invernadero |
| erosion | la erosión |
| endangered species | las especies en peligro de extinción |
| flood | la inundación |
| environment | el medio ambiente |
| nonrenewable | no renovable |
| oil | el petróleo |
| planet | el planeta |
| natural resource | el recurso natural |
| responsibility | la responsabilidad |
| risk | el riesgo |
| drought | la sequía |
| smog | el smog |
| ground; soil | el suelo |
| tremor; earthquake | el temblor |
| to harm | dañar |
| to destroy | destruir |
| to diminish; to decrease | disminuir |
| to foment; to support | fomentar |
| to protect | proteger |
| to breathe | respirar |
| to reuse | reutilizar |
| to value | valorar |
| to appreciate | apreciar |
| complex | complejo |
| to develop | desarrollar |
| development | el desarrollo |
| innovation | la innovación |
| invention | el invento |
| research | la investigación |
| to improve | mejorar |
| to replace | reemplazar |
| to threaten | amenazar |
| to become extinct | extinguirse |
| to keep informed | informarse |
| future | el porvenir |
| responsible | responsable |
| transformation | la transformación |
| to fly | volar |
| to vote | votar |
| citizen | el ciudadano |
| commitment | el compromiso |
| social awareness | la conciencia social |
| to take charge of; to make oneself responsible for | encargarse de |
| irresponsibility | la irresponsabilidad |
| to penalize | penalizar |
| politics | la política |
| principle | principle |
| to respect | respetar |
| to satisfy | satisfacer |
| society | la sociedad |
| unity | la unidad |
| to market | comercializar |
| to invest | invertir |
| novel; original | novedoso |
| patent | la patente |
| product | el producto |
| to warn | advertir |
| to make (a mistake) | cometer |
| to undertake | emprender |
| mistake; error | el error |
| to insist | insistir |
| to struggle; to fight | luchar |
| to persist | persistir |
| to progress | progresar |
| to prosper | prosperar |
| to continue on; to carry on | seguir adelante |
| to solve | solucionar |
| to overcome | superar |
| warning | la advertencia |
| failure | el fracaso |
| improvement | la mejora |
| obstacle | el obstáculo |
| suffering | el sufrimiento |
| to criticize | criticar |
| it is indispensable/imperative that... | es imprescindible que... |
| it is strange that... | es raro que... |
| to evaluate | evaluar |
| on one hand... | por un lado... |
| on the other hand... | por el otro lado... |