pedregal
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish pedregal (“a stony place”), from piedra (“stone”).
Noun
editpedregal (plural pedregals)
Further reading
edit- “pedregal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpedregal m (plural pedregales)
- a place or region with rocky terrain
- 2015 September 13, “Por qué el Estado Islámico no ganará [Why the Islamic State won't win]”, in El País[1]:
- Serán vencidos porque los Peshmergas, una vez pasado el primer momento de estupor, hace un año, fortificaron sus posiciones en torno a la presa de Mosul, trazaron pistas entre los pedregales por encima de Bajdida, construyeron un verdadero Douaumont en el sector más estratégico de la región de Kirkuk, fortificaron las cimas rocosas de la zona de Zartik, excavaron en los llanos trincheras de cinco a diez metros de ancho para detener a los camiones kamikazes.
- They will be defeated because the Peshmergas, once the first moment of stupor had passed a year ago, fortified their positions around the Mosul dam, laid tracks among the scree above Bakhdida, built a veritable Douaumont in the most strategic sector of the Kirkuk region, fortified the rocky peaks of the Zartik area, dug trenches five to ten meters wide on the flats to stop the kamikaze trucks.
- (Mexico) lava field
Further reading
edit- “pedregal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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