🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

pantano

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /panˈta.no/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Marsh/mɑːrʃ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El cocodrilo se escondía silenciosamente en el pantano."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An area of low-lying land that is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times.

    "The migrating birds nested safely in the dense reeds of the coastal marsh."
  2. 2

    A wetland ecosystem characterized by emergent vegetation adapted to saturated soil conditions.

    "Ecologists are working hard to restore the natural water flow through the local marshland."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'marsh' originates from the Old English 'mersc', which is related to the Proto-Germanic '*marskō', meaning a wetland or bog. The term has evolved over centuries to describe low-lying areas that are frequently flooded and characterized by soft, wet soil.

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