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149 Cards in this Set
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el ambiente |
environment, atmosphere |
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la basura |
trash, garbage |
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el basurero |
garbage dump |
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el cerro |
hill |
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el cerrito |
small hill |
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la contaminacion |
pollution |
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el departamento |
apartment |
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el edificio |
building |
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el olor |
odor, smell |
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el oxigeno |
oxygen |
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la presa |
dam |
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la tonelada |
ton |
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acabar |
to use up |
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acabarse |
to run out |
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acumularse |
to pile up |
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danar |
to harm, damage |
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dispararse |
to shoot up, skyrocket |
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la cloaca |
sewer |
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la deforestacion |
deforestation |
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el humo |
smoke |
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contaminar |
to pollute |
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reciclar |
to recycle |
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talar |
to cut down (trees) |
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levantar |
to put up |
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oler |
to smell |
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penetrarse |
to become imbued with something (inspire) |
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quemar |
to burn |
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radicar |
to lie in (difficulty, problem) |
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respirar |
to breathe |
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secarse |
to dry up |
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tirar |
to throw; to drop (something off); to dump |
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grave |
serious |
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unimaginable |
unimaginable |
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preocupante |
worrying, worrisome |
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reducido |
confined (space) |
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saturado |
saturated |
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toxico |
toxic, poisonous |
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la cloaca |
sewer |
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la deforestacion |
deforestation |
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el humo |
smoke |
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contaminar |
to pollute |
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reciclar |
to recycle |
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talar |
to cut down (trees) |
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el agua potable |
drinking water |
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el bisnieto/la bisnieta |
great grandson/graddaughter |
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los bisnietos |
great grandchildren |
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la colonia |
neighborhood/residential area |
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el grifo/ abrir/cerrar el grifo |
faucet/turn on, off the faucet |
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el lago |
lake |
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el organismo |
organism, body |
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el peligro |
danger |
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el pez |
fish |
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el plomo |
lead |
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el tejido |
tissue (flesh) |
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la vias respiratorias |
airways, breathing passages |
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ensuciar |
to dirty, get dirty |
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insistir en |
to insist |
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modivicar |
to change, alter |
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percibir |
to perceive, to notice |
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relajarse |
to relax |
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requerir |
to require |
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terminarse |
to run out |
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angustiado |
distressed, anxious |
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contaminado |
polluted |
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cristalino |
crystal clear |
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pesado |
heavy |
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precolombino |
pre- Columbian (before 1492) |
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conservar |
to conserve |
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derrochar |
to waste |
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embotellado |
bottled (e.g., water) |
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el cambio climatico |
climate change |
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el caos |
chaos |
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la estrella |
star |
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el meteorito |
meteorite |
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la mugre |
filth, grease, grime |
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el ozono/la capa de ozono |
ozone/ ozone layer |
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el planeta |
planet |
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acelerar |
to accelerate |
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aminorar |
to reduce |
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destruir |
to destroy |
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detenerse |
to stop |
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deteriorarse |
to deteriorate, to get worse |
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evitar |
to avoid |
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formar |
to form, create |
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gastarse |
to run out, exhaust |
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agigantado |
gigantic, huge |
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el calentamiento global |
global warming |
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el casquete polar |
polar icecap |
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los combustibles fosiles |
fossil fuels |
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el derretimiento |
melting |
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el efecto invernadero |
greenhouse effect |
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el glaciar |
glacier |
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la inundacion |
flood |
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la sequia |
drought |
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derretir |
to melt |
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los bienes |
goods |
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el contaminante |
pollutant |
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la envoltura |
wrapper |
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el kinder/el kindergarten |
kindergarten |
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la leyenda |
note (label) |
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el lineamiento |
guideline |
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la multa |
fine |
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el ruido |
noise |
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cumplir |
to carry out, to complete |
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el carton |
cardboard |
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el envase |
container |
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la lata |
can |
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el ventilador |
fan |
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el vidrio |
glass (material) |
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dejar huella |
to mark (lit.: to leave a footprint |
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pisar |
to step, to tread |
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tibio/a |
warm (i.e. ,water) |
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desintegrarse |
to disintegrate |
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disminuir |
to reduce |
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enfermarse |
to get sick |
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escupir |
to spit |
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evaporarse |
to evaporate |
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lucrarse |
to do well financially |
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manejar |
to handle, to manage |
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desagradable |
unpleasant |
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a favor de |
in favor of |
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la estrategia |
strategy |
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la planta de tratamiento |
treatment plant |
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el proyecto |
project |
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el ritmo |
rhythm |
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la verguenza |
shame, embarrassment |
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aparentar |
to give off an appearance |
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desaparecer |
to disappear |
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afinar |
to tune up (car) |
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compartir transporte |
to share a ride/ to carpool |
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desinflarse |
to deflate, to go down |
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implantarse |
to implement, establish |
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involucrarse |
to get involved |
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mejorar |
to improve |
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reeducar |
to reeducate |
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remediar |
to rememdy |
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petulante |
petulant; pretentious; arrogant |
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el campo |
country |
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la carretera |
highway |
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la iniciativa privada |
private enterprise |
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la junta |
meeting |
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el micro (bus) |
minibus |
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el presupuesto |
budget |
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la reunion |
meeting |
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el sembradio |
planting |
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juntarse |
to get together |
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especifico |
specific |
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ahorrar |
save |
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el ser vivo |
living being |
