2B Vocabulary List
Vocabulario fundamental: Medio Ambiente y Conservación
Sustantivos / Nouns
- activismo = activism
- anfibio = amphibian
- chinampa = chinampa (floating garden)
- científico/a = scientist
- colilla = cigarette butt
- criaturas = creatures
- cambio climático = climate change
- defensor/a = defender
- desagüe = drain/sewer
- desechos = waste
- documental = documentary
- especie = species
- especie en peligro de extinción = endangered species
- especie protegida = protected species
- extremidades = limbs
- flamenco = flamingo
- generación = generation
- hábitat natural = natural habitat
- humedal = wetland
- larva = larva
- lago = lake
- mar = sea
- mariposa = butterfly
- mina = mine
- pérdida = loss
- protección = protection
- río = river
- territorio = territory
- tonelada = ton
- variedad = variety
Verbos / Verbs
- contaminar = to contaminate/pollute
- conservar = to conserve
- criar = to raise (animals)
- desaparecer = to disappear
- disminuir = to decrease/diminish
- existir = to exist
- migrar = to migrate
- perjudicar = to harm
- remar = to row
- regenerar = to regenerate
- sembrar = to sow/plant
- trasladarse = to move/relocate
- verter = to dump (waste)
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Sustantivos
- la charla = talk/lecture
- el cambio climático = climate change
- la conciencia climática = climate awareness
- la colonia (de mariposas) = colony (of butterflies)
- la cooperación internacional = international cooperation
- el ciclo migratorio = migratory cycle
- la deforestación = deforestation
- el ejemplar = specimen (animal)
- la energía renovable = renewable energy
- la generación = generation
- la hectárea = hectare
- el humo = smoke
- la movilidad sostenible = sustainable mobility
- la población migratoria = migratory population
- el panel solar = solar panel
- el proveedor de energía verde = green energy provider
- el recurso natural = natural resource
- la regeneración de extremidades = limb regeneration
- el reportaje = report/feature article
- el secreto médico = medical secret/breakthrough
- el transporte público = public transportation
- el vehículo eléctrico = electric vehicle
- la divulgación científica = science outreach
- la zona lacustre = lake area
Verbos
- atraviesar = to cross (e.g., countries)
- contratar = to hire/contract
- criar = to raise (animals)
- depender de = to depend on
- emfatizar = to emphasize
- extenderse = to extend/spread
- identificar = to identify
- instalar = to install
- liberar = to release (into the wild)
- participar en = to participate in
- priorizar = to prioritize
- rondar = to be around (e.g., “las cifras rondaban los miles”)
- sobrevivir = to survive
Adjetivos y expresiones
- 100% chilango/a = 100% from Mexico City (colloquial)
- a largo plazo = long-term
- a menudo = often
- actualmente = currently
- de mayor = when I grow up
- de trayecto corto = short-distance (trips)
- en aquellos tiempos = in those days
- en aquella época = back then
- en peligro de extinción = endangered
- rosita = pinkish (diminutive, affectionate)
- tierno/a = cute/tender
- sonreír = to smile (used as adjective: “parecen sonreír”)
