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inundación

flood

noun ee-noon-dah-SYOHN Rare

Origin: From Latin inundatio, from inundare ('to overflow').

Usage Note

Inundación refers to a natural flood or inundation. The verb is inundar ('to flood'). In a figurative sense — una inundación de mensajes ('a flood of messages') — it is also common in informal writing. The plural inundaciones regularly adds -es with no accent shift.

Examples

"Las inundaciones destruyeron varias casas del pueblo."

Natural Translation

The floods destroyed several houses in the village.

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