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How do you say "pollution" in Spanish?
la contaminación
In Spanish, "pollution" is la contaminación.
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Pronunciation
Pronounce la kon-tah-mee-nah-see-OHN, stress on the last syllable, built from 'contaminar', to contaminate.
Grammar notes
la contaminación is feminine. Its plural is contaminaciones.
Example sentence
Los coches contribuyen a la contaminación de la ciudad.
Cars add to the city's pollution.
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How to remember la contaminación
Contaminación comes straight from 'contaminate', pollution being contamination of the air or water.
Related words
- ecosystem el ecosistema
- habitat el hábitat
- wildlife la fauna
- environment el medio ambiente
- recycling el reciclaje
- conservation la conservación
- wildfire el incendio forestal
- landslide el deslizamiento de tierras
- petal el pétalo
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Questions about la contaminación
How do you pronounce la contaminación?
Pronounce la kon-tah-mee-nah-see-OHN, stress on the last syllable, built from 'contaminar', to contaminate.
Is la contaminación masculine or feminine?
la contaminación is feminine. la contaminación is feminine. Its plural is contaminaciones.
How is la contaminación used in Spanish?
la contaminación is used the same way as the equivalent English noun. For example: Los coches contribuyen a la contaminación de la ciudad. (Cars add to the city's pollution.).
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