despoblado

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /despoˈblado/
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: des‧po‧bla‧do

Adjective

despoblado (feminine despoblada, masculine plural despoblados, feminine plural despobladas)

  1. unpopulated
    Antonym: poblado
    • 2015 July 7, “Venezuela impone sanciones diplomáticas a Guyana [Venezuela imposes diplomatic sanctions on Guyana]”, in El País:
      Se trata de la inmensa y mayormente despoblada región selvática que va desde la ribera occidental del río Esequibo hasta el Monte Roraima, que representa casi dos terceras partes del mapa actual de Guyana.
      This is the vast and largely unpopulated jungle region that runs from the west bank of the Essequibo River to Mount Roraima, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of Guyana's current map.

Participle

despoblado (feminine despoblada, masculine plural despoblados, feminine plural despobladas)

  1. past participle of despoblar (to depopulate)

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