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Nuestro Mundo 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| la cordillera | Mountain range |
| la costa | the coast |
| el desierto | desert |
| el paisaje | landscape, scenery |
| la selva (tropical) | (tropical) rainforest |
| escaso/a | scarce |
| potable | drinkable |
| protegido/a | protected |
| puro/a | pure |
| seco/a | dry |
| el águila (f.) | eagle |
| el ave/ el pájaro | Bird |
| La balena | whale |
| le especie en peligro (de extinción) | endangered species |
| la foca | seal |
| el lagarto | lizard |
| el león | lion |
| el calentamiento | warming |
| la erosión | erosion |
| el huracán | hurricane |
| el incendio | fire |
| la inundación | flood |
| la lluvia | rain |
| la sequía | drought |
| el terremoto | earthquake |
| la capa de ozono | ozone layer |
| el combustible | fuel |
| el contaminación | pollution |
| el consumo de energía | energy consumption |
| la deforestación | deforestation |
| el desarrollo | development |
| la energía (eólica, nuclear, renovable, solar) | (wind, nuclear, renewable, solar) energy |
| la fuente | source |
| el medio ambiente | environment |
| el peligro | danger |
| el petróleo | oil |
| el porvenir | resources |
| agotar | to use up |
| aguantar | to put up with, to tolerate |
| amenazar | to threaten |
| cazar | to hunt |
| conservar | to preserve |
| contagiar | to inflect, to be contagious |
| contaminar | to pollute |
| desaparecer | to disappear |
| destruir | to destroy |
| echar | to throw away |
| empeorar | to get worse |
| extinguirse | to become extinct |
| malgastar | to waste |
| mejorar | to improve |
| prevenir ( : ) | (e:ei) to prevent |
| proteger | to protect |
| resolver ( : ) | (o:ue) to solve, to resolve |
| respirar | to breathe |
| urbanizar | to urbanize |
| dañino/a | harmful |
| desechable | disposable |
| híbrido/a | hybrid |
| renovable | renewable |
| tóxico/a | toxic |
| el aparcamiento | parking space |
| la decepción | disappointment |
| el desintrés | lack of interest |
| la expansión (urbana) | (urban) sprawl |
| el tronco | trunk |
| aparcar | to park |
| cortar | to cut |
| desatender ( : ) | (e:ie) to neglect |
| hacer falta | to be necessary |
| plantar | to plant |
| podar | to prune |
| serrar | to saw |
| soportar | to put up with |
| descontrolado/a | out of control |
| el chamán | shaman |
| el/la curandero/a | folk healer |
| la dolencia | ailment |
| el efecto invernadero | greenhouse effect |
| el/la encargado/a | person in charge |
| el hecho | fact |
| la madera | wood |
| el medicamento | medication |
| el pulmón | lung |
| el reciclaje | recycling |
| el reto | challenge |
| la utilidad | usefulness |
| reciclar | to recycle |
| el antídoto | antidote |
| el frasquito | little bottle |
| le hoja | leaf |
| la pata de conejo | rabbit's foot |
| el pedazo | piece |
| el/la preso/a | prisoner |
| la rutina diaria | daily routine |
| el símbolo | symbol |
| ahogarse | to suffocate, to drown |
| aliviar | to relieve, to soothe |
| intoxicar | to poison |
| a cucharadas | in spoonfuls |