despoblado
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /despoˈblado/ [d̪es.poˈβ̞la.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: des‧po‧bla‧do
Adjective
despoblado (feminine despoblada, masculine plural despoblados, feminine plural despobladas)
- unpopulated
- Antonym: poblado
- 2015 July 7, “Venezuela impone sanciones diplomáticas a Guyana [Venezuela imposes diplomatic sanctions on Guyana]”, in El País:
- Se trata de la inmensa y mayormente despoblada región selvática que va desde la ribera occidental del río Esequibo hasta el Monte Roraima, que representa casi dos terceras partes del mapa actual de Guyana.
- This is the vast and largely unpopulated jungle region that runs from the west bank of the Essequibo River to Mount Roraima, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of Guyana's current map.
Participle
despoblado (feminine despoblada, masculine plural despoblados, feminine plural despobladas)
- past participle of despoblar (“to depopulate”)
Further reading
- “despoblado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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