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Galician
Participle
acantilado (feminine acantilada, masculine plural acantilados, feminine plural acantiladas)
- past participle of acantilar
Spanish
Etymology
Past participle of acantilar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akantiˈlado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: a‧can‧ti‧la‧do
Adjective
acantilado (feminine acantilada, masculine plural acantilados, feminine plural acantiladas)
- steep, sheer
- Synonyms: escarpado, inclinado, empinado
Noun
acantilado m (plural acantilados)
- cliff
- Synonyms: precipicio, risco, despeñadero
2021 September 8, María R. Sahuquillo, “Muere el ministro de Emergencias de Rusia al caer por un acantilado durante la filmación de unas maniobras en el Ártico”, in El País:Zinichev, de 55 años, ha caído por un acantilado al tratar de sujetar al director y guionista ruso Alexander Melnik, que resbaló y que también ha fallecido, según ha informado la agencia estatal TASS.- Zinichev, 55, has fallen off a cliff while trying to hold the Russian director and screenwriter Alexander Melnik, who slipped and who has also died, according to the TASS state agency.
Participle
acantilado (feminine acantilada, masculine plural acantilados, feminine plural acantiladas)
- past participle of acantilar
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