presa1

presa1
1 = dam, reservoir, weir.
Ex. The article 'Poland: the dam breaks' outlines the history of severe censorship restrictions in Poland = El artículo "Polonia: la presa revienta" describe en líneas generales la historia de las fuertes restricciones de la censura en Polonia.
Ex. The article is entitled 'Tapping a serviceable resevoir: the selection of periodicals for art libraries'.
Ex. To cut a long story short, just as they were nearing the weir the engine stopped working and they had to jump into the water.
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* construcción de presas = damming.
* construir una presa = dam.

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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