- precipicio
- m.precipice.* * *precipicio► nombre masculino1 cliff, precipice\FRASEOLOGÍAal borde del precipicio on the edge of the precipice 2 figurado on the edge of disaster* * *SM1) [en monte, peñasco] cliff, precipice2) (=situación arriesgada) abyss
un país al borde del precipicio — a country on the edge of the abyss, a country on the brink of disaster o ruin
* * *masculino (despeñadero) precipice* * *= abyss.Ex. By insisting on open Internet access, regardless of age, the ALA is sending children into an 'information abyss' that will result in confusion, frustration, and poor research skills.* * *masculino (despeñadero) precipice* * *= abyss.Ex: By insisting on open Internet access, regardless of age, the ALA is sending children into an 'information abyss' that will result in confusion, frustration, and poor research skills.
* * *precipiciomasculine(despeñadero) precipiceeconómicamente, el país está al borde del precipicio the country is on the verge of economic disaster o ruin* * *
precipicio sustantivo masculino (despeñadero) precipice
precipicio sustantivo masculino precipice
'precipicio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barranco
- seca
- seco
- caer
- saliente
English:
precipice
- cliff
* * *precipicio nm1. [de montaña] precipice2. [abismo]la compañía está al borde del precipicio the company is on the verge of ruin o collapse* * *precipiciom precipice;estar al borde del precipicio fig be on the edge of the precipice* * *precipicio nm1) : precipice2) ruina: ruin* * *precipicio n precipice
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.