Also means
discharge
Usage Note
Vertido (from verter, 'to pour') is the standard environmental and legal term for the dumping or discharge of substances — vertido tóxico ('toxic spill'), vertido de aguas residuales ('sewage discharge'). It can also refer to a single spill event. Do not confuse with vertiente ('slope, watershed').
Examples
"El vertido de petróleo contaminó la costa."
Natural Translation
The oil spill contaminated the coast.
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