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contaminante

polluting

adjective kohn-tah-mee-NAHN-teh Rare
Animals & Nature Environment

Also means

contaminant

Usage Note

Contaminante functions as both an adjective ('polluting') and a noun ('a pollutant'). As a noun, un contaminante is invariable in form regardless of gender. Common collocations: sustancia contaminante, emisiones contaminantes. The verb is contaminar and the noun of process is contaminación.

Examples

"Las fábricas emiten gases contaminantes."

Natural Translation

The factories emit polluting gases.

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