Spanish Climate Change Vocab 1 Flashcards by Adam Cross

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spanish: unirse

A

to meet - unite - join

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spanish: la nave

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ship - vessel - nave (of church)

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spanish: duradero

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durable - lasting

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durable

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duradero

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glacier

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glaciar (m)

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un glaciar

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glacier

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spanish: se aprecian

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from apreciarse: to appreciate

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spanish: Noruega

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Norway

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Norway

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Noruega

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spanish: ‘dos tercios’

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two thirds

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spanish: hacer falta

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to need

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measuring tape

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una cinta de medir

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to measure

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medir

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tape - ribbon - belt (of mechanism)

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una cinta

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spanish: ha retrocendido

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from retroceder: to back up - move back - recede

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wildfire

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fuego (m) incontrolado

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storm

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tormenta

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they used to say

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solía decir

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climate change

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el cambio climático

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global warming

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el calentamiento global

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warming

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el calentamiento

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spanish: sumamente

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extremely

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wind - related to wind (like wind power)

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eólica

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alternative energies

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energías alternativas

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renewable energy

la energía renovable

hydroelectric

hidroeléctrico

solar

solar

fossil fuels

los combustibles fósiles

dam (wall for water)

presa (f)

a hydroelectric damn

una presa hidroeléctrica

generation of electricity

la generación de energía

disadvantage

la desventaja

advantage

la ventaja

landscape

el paisaje

spanish: alrededor

around (a place - time)

the arctic

el ártico

to melt

derritirse

it + derretirse (pres indic)

se derriten

high temperatures

altas temperaturas (f)

recur

repitirse

it recurs

se repite

greenhouse (n. for plants)

el invernadero

greenhouse gasses

los gases invernadero

reliable

confiable

spanish: confiable

reliable

increase

aumentar

spanish: aumentar

to increase

spanish: proporcionar

to provide

to provide

proporcionar

carbon

el carbón

petroleum - oil

petróleo (m)

flood

inundación (f)

drought

una sequía

spanish: filones coralinos

coral reefs

spanish: la subida

the rise - climb

spanish: la subida del nivel del mar

the rise of the sea level

warning

advertencia (f)

spanish: la apuesta

bet - act of betting - thing betted

clean energies

energías limpias

to consider - contemplate

plantearse

spanish: plantearse

to consider - to think about

a challenge - a difficult task

un reto

the arctic circle

el Círculo Polar Ártico

to cause - provoke

provocar

the decrease - reduction

la disminución

to reduce - to decrease

disminuir

spanish: disminuir

to reduce - to decrease

spanish: mandatario

leader - head of state

spanish: actualmente

at the moment - nowadays

spanish: con rapidez

quickly