trasvase

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See also: trasvasé

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾasˈbase/
  • Rhymes: -ase
  • Syllabification: tras‧va‧se

Etymology 1

Deverbal from trasvasar.

Noun

trasvase m (plural trasvases)

  1. diversion (of water, funds)
    Synonym: transvase
    el trasvase de fondos ― the diversion of funds
    • 2015 September 17, “El Gobierno autoriza un nuevo trasvase del Tajo al Segura”, in El País‎:
      El Gobierno autoriza un nuevo trasvase del Tajo al Segura
      The Government authorizes a new diversion of the Tagus into the Segura
    • 2020, Inmaculada Simón Ruiz, Brandon Aravena Rodríguez, El ciclo hidrosocial:
      se está produciendo la sobreexplotación de aguas subterráneas, el trasvase de recursos a través de canalizaciones o la desalinización del agua marina
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2021, Eloy Templado Meseguer, Libertad en las Brisas:
      El trasvase del río Tajo al río Segura ya llevaba más de veinte años hidratando los nuevos regadíos.
      The diversion of the River Tagus into the River Segura had been hydrating the new lands for over twenty years.

Etymology 2

Verb

trasvase

  1. inflection of trasvasar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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