Contaminación and contaminada

Question

Hi,

I would like to ask a question of contaminación and contaminada. I learned contaminada in the class which is translated as contamination by the teacher. However, I get confused with contaminación. Are these two words the same?

Thank you very much for your help. It helps me a lot!

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Jan 22, 2017

Answer 1

Contaminada is actually the adjective (fem.) "contaminated." Contaminación is a cognate of "contmination." also translated as "pollution."

I think you may have misunderstood your teacher.

Thank you so much. It's all clear now. When I search contaminada in the dictionary, it always shows up contaminar. Thanks again! - edison00302, Jan 22, 2017