Polyglot Dictionary

vertiente

/beɾˈtjente/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las vertientes

Meaning

  1. slope

    • La vertiente norte.

      The northern slope.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cuesta

vertiente specifically means a slope or watershed side, like a mountain slope facing a direction, or figuratively an "aspect" of an issue; cuesta is the everyday word for a slope or incline you walk up.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

declive

declive is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "slope."

Portuguese

encosta

encosta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "slope."

Portuguese

inclinação

inclinação is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "slope."

Practice

1 What does vertiente mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ norte.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vertiente?

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