las poblaciones
-the populations
See the entry for población.

población

población(
poh
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syohn
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A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
feminine noun
1. (inhabitants of an area)
a. population
La Ciudad de México tiene una población de más de veinte millones de personas.Mexico City has a population of more than twenty million people.
2. (act of populating)
a. settlement
La población de Cisjordania es un tema muy polémico.The settlement of the West Bank is a very contentious issue.
3. (populated area)
a. city (large)
El tornado desgarró un camino justo por el centro de la población.The tornado ripped a path right through the middle of the city.
b. town (medium)
¿Dónde puedo encontrar un cine en esta población?Where can I find a movie theater in this town?
c. village (small)
Los residentes de esta población crían ovejas.The residents of this village raise sheep.
d. shanty town (poor area)
Regionalism used in Chile
(Chile)
No te vayas a la población sin acompañamiento.Don't go to the shanty town alone.
4. (number of individuals of one species)
a. population
La Universidad de Duke tiene la población de lémures más numerosa fuera de Madagascar.Duke University has the largest lemur population outside of Madagascar.
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población
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun
1. (ciudad)
a. town, city
2. (pueblo)
a. village
3. (personas, animales)
a. population
población activa/flotanteworking/floating population
4. (acción de poblar)
a. settlement, populating
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población
1 (gente) population
población activa working population
población flotante floating population
población marginada marginalized sectors of society
plural
; (p)
el aumento de la población marginada the increasing marginalization of society
El rebrote de esta enfermedad, que se creía a punto de extinguir, se ve favorecido por el sida, el aumento de la [población marginada] y la ausencia de un programa de control a nivel nacional.
población ocupada working population
población pasiva non-working population
2 (lugar habitado, ciudad) town; (pueblo) village; (S. Cone) (caserío) small hamlet
3 (acción) settlement
4 (Chile)(also población callampa) (suburbio) shanty town; (barrio pobre) slum area; poor quarter
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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