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corrimiento

landslide

noun koh-rree-MYEN-toh Rare
Animals & Nature Geography

Also means

shift, sliding

Usage Note

Corrimiento derives from correr ('to run, to slide'). Its most common collocation is corrimiento de tierras ('landslide') — the full phrase is preferred since corrimiento alone sounds incomplete to many speakers. In medicine, corrimiento can informally refer to a vaginal discharge, so context matters. The synonym deslizamiento de tierras is also widely used.

Examples

"El corrimiento de tierras bloqueó la carretera."

Natural Translation

The landslide blocked the road.

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