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degradación

degradation

noun deh-grah-dah-SYOHN Rare
Animals & Nature Environment

Also means

deterioration

Usage Note

Degradación covers environmental degradation (degradación del suelo), moral or social decline, and in chemistry the breakdown of a compound. In a military or institutional context it means demotion in rank. The verb is degradar and the adjective degradante (degrading).

Examples

"La degradación del suelo amenaza la agricultura."

Natural Translation

Soil degradation threatens agriculture.

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