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mountain

UK: /ˈmaʊn.tɪn/ US: /-tən/

Translation

n [c]
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⇨ montaña
to climb a mountain
escalar una montaña
a mountain of sth a mountain of paperwork
una montaña de papeleo
mountain pass
⇨ puerto de montaña
mountain range
⇨ sierra
⇨ cordillera
mountain sickness
⇨ mal agudo de montaña
⇨ soroche amér.
Véase tb: mountain chain; mountain hut
(Definition of mountain n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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