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41 aguazal
m.marsh, fen.* * *1 puddle* * *SM (=charco) puddle; (=pantano) swamp -
42 atollar
v.1 to fall into the mire, to stick in the mud.2 to be involved in great difficulties. (Metaphorical)3 to bog, to strand.Las lluvias atollaron los autobuses The rains bogged the buses.4 to bog down, to complicate, to bog, to swamp.María atolló la situación Mary bogged down the situation.* * *1 to obstruct, block up* * *VISee: -
43 cocha
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44 chagüe
SM CAm swamp, bog -
45 chagüite
m.banana plantation.* * * -
46 embalsadero
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47 envegarse
VPR Cono Sur to get swampy, turn into a swamp -
48 esteral
SM Cono Sur swamp, marsh -
49 fachinal *
SM Cono Sur swamp -
50 suampo
SM CAm swamp -
51 malsana
malsano,-a adjetivo
1 (insano) unhealthy: los efluvios malsanos del pantano, the foul stench emanating from the swamp
2 (enfermizo) siente un odio malsano hacia ella, he has a sick hatred for her
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52 algodoncillo
• milkweed• swamp milkweed -
53 atolladero
• bog• deadlock• Mudejar• mudslide• slough• swamp -
54 balsón
• bog• swamp -
55 barrizal
• bog• quagmire• swamp -
56 cenagal
• bog• marsh• marshland• quagmire• slew• slough• swamp -
57 ciénaga
• bog• fen• marsh• morass• quagmire• slough• swamp -
58 estero
• bog• estuary• swamp -
59 fangal
• quagmire• slough• swamp -
60 fangar
• quagmire• swamp
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swamp — [n] wet land covered with vegetation bog, bottoms, everglade, fen, glade, holm, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, mud, muskeg, peat bog, polder, quag, quagmire, slough, swale, swampland; concept 509 swamp [v] overwhelm, flood beset, besiege,… … New thesaurus
swamp|er — «SWOM puhr, SWM », noun. U.S. 1. a person who lives in a swamp or swampy region: »Everybody thought we were just a state of hillbillies and swampers (Time). 2. a) a person who works clearing roads for lumberjacks or clearing fallen trees of limbs … Useful english dictionary
swamp — index immerse (plunge into), inundate, overcome (overwhelm) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary