precipice
- Dictionary
precipice(
preh
-
sih
-
pihs
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (geography)
a. el precipicio (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
At the end of the road, there was a precipice with a perpendicular drop of more than one hundred feet.Al final del camino, había un precipicio con una caída perpendicular de más de cien pies.
2. (figurative) (vast crisis)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. el abismo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
This government is leading us to the edge of a financial precipice.Este gobierno nos está conduciendo al borde de un abismo económico.
Examples
Machine Translators
Translate precipice using machine translators
Other Dictionaries
Explore the meaning of precipice in our family of products.
Random Word
Roll the dice and learn a new word now!
Want to Learn Spanish?
Spanish learning for everyone. For free.
