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Spanish
Etymology
From hondo + -nada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ondoˈnada/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: hon‧do‧na‧da
Noun
hondonada f (plural hondonadas)
- low valley, gully, rift valley
1891, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra:Reunirse en Atocha, para subir luego a dar el ataque a las tropas monárquicas, o esperarlas en aquella hondonada, parecíame a mí una gran pifia. Pero no me atreví a contradecir a los militares.- Joining up in Atocha, then going on to attack the pro-monarchic troops, or waiting for them in that depression, seemed to me a great error. But I dared not contradict the soldiers.
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