Spanish B2 · Day 51
Day 51: Sirenas y simulacros — Compound nouns
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Compound nouns
- Reading: Ensayar para vivir
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Grammar point: Compound nouns
Compound nouns, or sustantivos compuestos, are a common and very practical feature of Spanish. You combine two or more words – a verb and a noun, two nouns, or a noun and an adjective – to build one new noun. The most important pattern is verb plus noun.
Key vocabulary (8 of 20 words)
- el salvavidas, - – the lifeguard / life jacket used on beaches
- el guardacostas, - / la guardacostas, - – the coastguard officer (m/f)
- el pasamanos, - – the handrail
- el maremoto, -s – the tsunami / seawave
- la autoprotección – the self-protection plan / civil defense
- la evacuación, -es – the evacuation
- desalojar, desalojó, desalojado – to clear out / to evacuate (e.g., a building)
- inminente – imminent
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