hondonada

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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)

  1. 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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