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1 Iguaçu Falls
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2 catarata
f.1 waterfall.las cataratas del Iguazú the Iguaçu Fallslas cataratas del Niágara Niagara Falls2 cataract (medicine).* * *1 waterfall2 MEDICINA cataract\operar de cataratas MEDICINA to perform a cataract operation onlas cataratas del Niágara the Niagara Falls* * *noun f.1) waterfall2) cataract* * *SF1) (Geog) waterfall, cataract2) (Med) cataract* * *1) (Geog) waterfall2) (Med) cataract* * *= waterfall, fall.Ex. It's a fortress guarding sacred waterfalls, and a cauldron of savage white-water and unrunnable rapids.Ex. Vast lakes, awesome falls and runnable rapids make a trip along this river dazzling and challenging.----* cataratas = cataracts.* Cataratas del Niágara = Niagara Falls.* * *1) (Geog) waterfall2) (Med) cataract* * *= waterfall, fall.Ex: It's a fortress guarding sacred waterfalls, and a cauldron of savage white-water and unrunnable rapids.
Ex: Vast lakes, awesome falls and runnable rapids make a trip along this river dazzling and challenging.* cataratas = cataracts.* Cataratas del Niágara = Niagara Falls.* * *A ( Geog) waterfalllas cataratas del Iguazú/del Niágara Iguaçú/Niagara FallsB ( Med) cataract* * *
catarata sustantivo femeninoa) (Geog) waterfall;
b) (Med) cataract
catarata sustantivo femenino
1 Geography waterfall
2 Med cataract
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cataract
- waterfall
- fall
- water
* * *catarata nf1. [de agua] waterfalllas cataratas del Iguazú the Iguaçú Falls;las cataratas del Niágara Niagara Falls2. Med cataract;le van a operar de cataratas he's going to have a cataract operation* * *f1 GEOG waterfall2 MED cataract* * *catarata nf1) cascada, salto: waterfall2) : cataract* * * -
3 chute
chute [∫yt]feminine nouna. fall• faire une chute de 3 mètres/mortelle to fall 3 metres/to one's death• être en chute libre [économie, ventes] to be in free fall• « attention, chute de pierres » "danger, falling rocks"b. [de cheveux] loss ; [de feuilles] falling• de fortes chutes de pluie/neige heavy rainfall/snowfallse. ( = déchet) offcutf. [d'histoire drôle] punch line* * *ʃyt1) ( action de tomber) fallfaire une chute — [personne] to have ou take US a fall; [objet] to fall
faire une chute de 5 mètres — to fall 5 metres [BrE]
2) ( fait de se détacher) ( de feuille) fall3) ( cascade)4) Météorologie fall5) ( baisse) drop (de in); ( de monnaie) fall; Financechute de tension — Médecine sudden drop in blood pressure
6) (de ministre, régime) fall (de of); ( d'empire) collapse (de of); Armée (de ville, forteresse) fall (de of)7) Religion8) ( fin) (de texte, film) ending; ( d'histoire) punch line9) (de tissu, papier, cuir) offcut•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ʃyt nf1) (en tombant) fall2) [objet, rocher, mur] fall3) [feuilles] fall4) [cours, marchés, valeurs, bourses] fall, [prix, taux, consommation, demande] fall, drop, [dollar, euro] fallla chute de qch; la récente chute des taux d'intérêt — the recent drop in interest rates, the recent fall in interest rates
la forte chute de qch — the sharp drop in sth, the sharp fall in sth
5) (chute d'eau) waterfall6) [bois, papier, tissu] (= déchet) scrap* * *chute nf1 ( action de tomber) fall; faire une chute [personne] to have ou take US a fall; [objet] to fall; faire une chute de cheval/moto to fall off a horse/motorbike; une chute de 5 mètres a 5-metreGB fall; faire une chute de 5 mètres to fall 5 metresGB;2 ( fait de se détacher) ( de feuille) fall; chute des cheveux hair loss; attention aux chutes de pierres look out for falling rocks;3 ( cascade) chute d'eau waterfall; les chutes du Niagara Niagara Falls; barrage de haute chute Électrotech dam with a high head;5 ( baisse) (de température, pression, prix etc) fall (de in), drop (de in); ( des ventes) drop (de in); ( de monnaie) Fin chute du dollar fall in the price of the dollar; chute de la Bourse fall on the stock market; chute de tension Méd sudden drop in blood pressure; il a fait une chute de tension his blood pressure dropped suddenly; chute de 5% 5% drop;6 ( faillite) (de ministre, gouvernement, régime, d'empire) fall (de of); ( d'empire commercial) collapse (de of); Mil (de ville, forteresse) fall (de of);9 ( pente) slope;10 (de tissu, papier, cuir) offcut.chute des corps Phys gravity; chute libre free-fall; descendre en chute libre [parachutiste, avion] to be in free-fall; tomber en chute libre [personne, objet] to fall through the air; économie/prix/popularité en chute libre fig plummeting economy/prices/popularity; la chute des reins the small of the back; chute du rideau Théât fall of the curtain, end of the play.[ʃyt] nom féminin1. [perte d'équilibre] fallfaire une chute to fall, to take a tumbleil m'a entraîné dans sa chute he dragged ou pulled me down with him‘attention, chute de pierres’ ‘danger! falling rocks’2. [perte] fall3. [baisse - des prix] drop, fall6. BIBLE7. MÉTÉOROLOGIE8. [fin - d'une histoire] punch line9. ANATOMIEchute d'eau nom fémininles chutes du Niagara (the) Niagara Fallsles chutes Victoria (the) Victoria Fallsles chutes d'Iguaçu (the) Iguaçu Falls
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