🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

entrada de agua

Pronunciation / Transliteration: enˈtɾaða ðe ˈaɣwa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Water Inlet/ˈwɔː.tər ˈɪn.lɛt/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La entrada de agua permite que el agua dulce fluya hacia el reservorio."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An opening or passage through which water flows into a larger body of water or a container.

    "The water inlet allows fresh water to flow into the reservoir."
  2. 2

    A narrow body of water between land, often leading to a larger body of water.

    "The boat sailed through the water inlet to reach the ocean."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'water inlet' combines 'water', derived from Old English 'wæter', and 'inlet', which comes from the Middle English 'inlet', meaning a place where water enters. The phrase has evolved to describe various contexts where water enters a space, particularly in engineering and environmental science.

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