English Spanish Vocabulary – Natural disasters Desastres naturales Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 1, 2016 in Learning, Spanish Vocabulary
Today we are going to practice useful Spanish vocabulary related to Natural disasters.
Hoy vamos a practicar vocabulario español útil relacionado con Desastres naturales.
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Natural disasters Desastres naturales
Ayuda: Aid/Help
Asustado: Frightened/Scared
Aterrorizado: Terrified
El derrumbe: Landslide
La explosión: Explosion
El huracán: Hurricane
El tornado: Tornado
El incendio: Fire
Fuego incontrolado: Wildfire
La inundación: Flood
El monzón: Monsoon
El tsunami: Tsunami/Tidal wave
El socorrista: Lifeguard
El guardacostas: Coastguard
El terremoto: Earthquake
La tormenta de nieve: Blizzard
La avalancha: Avalanche
El trueno: Thunder
El relámpago: Lightning
El volcán: Volcano
La erupción: Eruption
Ayudar: To help
Destruir: To destroy
Escaparse/Huir: To escape
Morirse: To die
Tormenta de nieve: Snowstorm
Quemar: To burn
Rescatar: To rescue
Salvar: To save
Sobrevivir: To survive
Sobreviviente /superviviente: Survivor
Perdido: Lost
Vivo: Alive
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About the Author: Laura & Adam
Laura & Adam have been blogging and creating online Spanish courses for Transparent Language since 2010. Laura is from Bilbao in northern Spain and Adam is from Devon in the south of England. They lived together in Spain for over 10 years, where their 2 daughters were born, and now they live in Scotland. Both Laura & Adam qualified as foreign language teachers in 2004 and since have been teaching Spanish in Spain, the UK, and online.