hondonada
Spanish
Etymology
From hondo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ondoˈnada/ [õn̪.d̪oˈna.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: hon‧do‧na‧da
Noun
hondonada f (plural hondonadas)
- low valley, gulley, gully, rift valley
- 1891, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra:
- Reunirse en Atocha, para subir luego a dar el ataque a las tropas monárquicas, o esperarlas en aquella hondonada, parecíame a mí una gran pifia. Pero no me atreví a contradecir a los militares.
- Joining up in Atocha, then going on to attack the pro-monarchic troops, or waiting for them in that depression, seemed to me a great error. But I dared not contradict the soldiers.
Further reading
- “hondonada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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