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La Palabra Del Día: "subterráneo"

La Palabra Del Día: "subterráneo"

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subterráneo ( soob-teh-rrahn'-eh-oh )

adjective ( underground; subterranean )


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Examples:


1: Nadamos en un río subterráneo en Quintana Roo.

We swam in an underground river in Quintana Roo.

2: Mi abuelo cree que hay una civilización subterránea bajo el mar.

My grandfather thinks there's a subterranean civilization under the sea.


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updated Feb 23, 2016
edited by rac1
posted by rac1
Hola mi amor , Que tal? I am here now all day. - ray76, Feb 22, 2016
Hola Raymon, just keeping my eyes open checking things. xo - rac1, Feb 22, 2016

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Si tienes mucho dinero, puedes construir una oficina subterránea.

If you have a lot of money, you can build an underground office.

updated Feb 23, 2016
posted by mstivers
If you can be Batman, be Batman. jejeje - rac1, Feb 21, 2016
But then, who wants to work in a cellar? - annierats, Feb 21, 2016
:) - Pablo064, Feb 22, 2016
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En la cueva de estalactitas hay una sala subterránea enorme donde solían dar conciertos

In the stalactite cave there is a huge underground hall where they used to give concerts

updated Feb 22, 2016
posted by porcupine7
That would be awesome! :) - rac1, Feb 21, 2016
I think I've been there, I hated being shut up underground even though the singing was beautiful. - annierats, Feb 21, 2016
(: - Pablo064, Feb 22, 2016
Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Feb 22, 2016
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Las fuentes de agua subterránea, debido al aumento de la población en el mundo, se revalorizan como reserva de agua industrial y de agua no potable con cada día que pasa.

The groundwater resources, owing to the increasing population of the world, are appreciating in value as industrial and non-potable water reserves with each passing day.

No estoy seguro de ambos frases así que por favor corrijan mis frases si hay cualquier error. smile

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updated Feb 22, 2016
edited by AndréYuhai
posted by AndréYuhai
"Las fuentes... se revalorizan" and "resources...are appreciating" - mstivers, Feb 21, 2016
Thank you, Mstivers :) - AndréYuhai, Feb 21, 2016
Thanks, Mstivers. :) - rac1, Feb 21, 2016
reserves "diminish" with each? Did you mean? Amigo. - 00cc0117, Feb 21, 2016
Reserve? Blacklog maybe? :/ - AndréYuhai, Feb 21, 2016
'de agua sub..' debido al aumento de la población en el mundo..'como reserva de agua..y de agua no potable...' :) - Pablo064, Feb 22, 2016
Thank you Pablo. Why don't we use the article for water? :) - AndréYuhai, Feb 22, 2016
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Subreterrneo un día,subterrneo el próximo.

updated Feb 22, 2016
posted by heliotropeman
Hola, Helio...we've been expecting you. lol What about adding the English, amigo? Love seeing you again. xo - rac1, Feb 21, 2016
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Mi hijo trabaja para el gobierno en el Departamento de Meteorología. Todo el mundo cree que debe saber acerca del tiempo, pero de hecho su oficina se dedica a los recursos del agua subterránea. La mayor parte de Australia es bastante seca, por consiguiente este conocimiento es importante.

My son works for the government in the Bureau of Meteorology. Everyone thinks he must know about the weather, but in fact his office works on groundwater resources. Most of Australia is quite dry so this knowledge is important.

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updated Feb 22, 2016
edited by jennysk
posted by jennysk
'acerca del tiempo'..'oficina se dedica'..agua subterránea..'La mayor parte de Australia' I saw a news a couple of days ago about a 'hairy panic' in Australia o.o - Pablo064, Feb 22, 2016
I didn't realize it was so dry. - rac1, Feb 22, 2016
Thanks Pablo. Yes it's a funny name, but panic is the actual name of a type of grass. It's a problem in one country town at the moment. - jennysk, Feb 22, 2016
rac, Australia is as big as the US but very few people live in the inland because there is little water. Much is actual desert. We are a coastal and urban people. - jennysk, Feb 22, 2016
That town where the grasses appeared was Wangaratta..its not far from where I live. - Wennix, Feb 22, 2016
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Note: Subterráneo can also mean an underground transportation system. Americans call it the subway, and the British call it the "Tube" (I think)

Actualmente el subterráneo más largo del mundo en activo se encuentra en Japón: es el túnel Seikán, que con 53,85 kms. de longitud une Honshu y Hokkaido bajo el mar. De esos casi 54 kms., 23,5 kms. se encuentran bajo el mar, a 100 m. por debajo del fondo marino, y a 240 metros bajo el nivel del mar.

At present the largest tunnel in use in the world is found in Japan. It the Saikán Tunnel, which being 53.85 kms long unites Honshu and Hokkaido under the sea. Of those almos 54 kms. 23.5 kms are below the sea a 100 meters below bottom of the water and at 240 meters below sea level.

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updated Feb 22, 2016
posted by Daniela2041
Wow! Lots a good info. here. :) - rac1, Feb 22, 2016
Fantasmagoric mi jefa, Melbourne and Paris it is called the "Metro" My vote. - ray76, Feb 22, 2016
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Es algo que no se puede explicar, pero todos los tesoros se encuentran bajo tierra (en el subterráneo) , nunca hay tesoros volando por el aire. I have left the original in inverted commas, as it is quite funny, by mistake)

It's inexplicable, but all treasure is found underground, there is never a treasure to be found flying about in the air.

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updated Feb 22, 2016
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
jejejejeje Sorry Annie, it's the way you said it. :) - rac1, Feb 21, 2016
Clean air is a treasure! - jennysk, Feb 21, 2016
'se encuentran bajo tierra' it's like to say 'is found in the underground(subway)' :D - Pablo064, Feb 22, 2016
Thanks Pablo! - annierats, Feb 22, 2016
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Sólo hay dos especies de mamíferos que son eusociales; las dos son dos tipos de ratas topo, las cuales viven en sistemas de túneles subterráneos que los obreros cavan.

There are only two species of mammals that are eusocial; the two are two types of mole rats, which live in systems of subterranean tunnels that the workers dig.

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updated Feb 22, 2016
posted by bosquederoble
Dan asco esos bichos :D - Pablo064, Feb 22, 2016
They don't even look cute as newborns. - rac1, Feb 22, 2016
They're communists. (Edward O. Wilson says communism only works for eusocial species). :D - bosquederoble, Feb 22, 2016
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Mi hijo va extracción de oro en las minas subterráneo en Victoria.

My son goes gold mining in underground mines in Victoria.

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updated Feb 22, 2016
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Has he been successful? - rac1, Feb 22, 2016
He wont tell me , so I would say yes he has . I have been with him and it is so scary.. - ray76, Feb 22, 2016