Polyglot Dictionary

contaminación

/kontaminaˈsjon/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. pollution

    • Hay mucha contaminación.

      There's a lot of pollution.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

pollution

pollution is the French word for the same thing — both mean "pollution."

Portuguese

poluição

poluição is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pollution."

Practice

1 What does contaminación mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hay mucha ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches contaminación?

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