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United States
Department of
Agriculture
Forest Service
AN ENGLISH-SPANISH GLOSSARY
Rocky Mountain
Forest and Range
Experiment St ation
OF TERMINOLOGY USED IN
Fort Collins,
FORESTRY, RANGE, WILDLIFE, FISHERY,
Colorado 80526
SOILS, AND BOTANY
General Technical
Report RM.152
GLOSARIO EN INGLESESPANOL
DE TERMINOLOGIA USADOS EN
FORESTALES, PASTIZALES, FAUNA SILVESTRE,
PESQUERIA, SU ELOS, Y BOTANICA
ABSTRACT
Key Words: Bilingual glossary, animal names, botany, fishery, forestry, range, soils, wildlife
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This glossary has required considerable time Este glosario ha requerido bastante tiempo
in preparation by some people. Special de preparacihn en parte de v a r i a s personas.
recognition for the successful completion of this ReconocimienCo especiales por acabamiento dichoso
work is given to Penny Medina for her assistance de este trabajo se da a Penny Medina por su
in translating scientific articies, Diane Prince asistencia en traducir articulos de ciencia,
and Josephine Gomez for their part in manuscript Diane Prince y Josephine Gomez por su parte en
preparation and editing, the Mexican scientists preparaci6n y compilaci6n del manuscrito, 10s
for their reviews, and to David Patton , f o r his cientfficos mexicanos por su revistas, y David
support, Patton por su apoyo.
USDA Forest Service
General Technical Report RM.152 January 1988
'Headquarters is in Fort Collins, in cooperation with Colorado State University. The author is stationed in
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Tempe, in cooperation with Arizona State University.
FOREWORD
iii
CONTENTS
Page
English-Spanish
Animals ....................................................................................... 1
Fishery ........................................................................................... 2
Botany ............................................................................................ 3
Forestry .......................................................................................... 7
Soil .............................................................................................. 13
W i l d l i f e .......................................................................................... 15
Range .......................................................................................... 20
BotGnica .......................................................................................... 29
Forestales ......................................................................................... 33
Suelos ............................................................................................ 41
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Fauna S i l v e s t r e 43
Pastizales ........................................................................................ 48
AN ENGLISH-SPANISH GLOSSARY OF TERMINOLOGY
USED IN FORESTRY, RANGE, WILDLIFE, FISHERY,
SOILS, AND BOTANY
ENGLISH-SPANISH
Animals
English Spanish
bed subaquatic
l i m i t , size l i m i t e d e tamaiio upstream aguas a r r i b a
line, fishing sedal ventral ventral
hemb ra h o r n of a n i m a l s cuerno
female
feral feral h o r n e d ,,w i t h h o r n s astado
fertilizacio'n h o r n s , s h e d d i n g of desmogue
fertilization
fetal - horns, t o shed desmogar
feta1
feto hunt, a caza
fetus I
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eutrophic eutro'f i c o g o a t , young cabrito, ta
ewe eve j a , b o r r e g a goats ganado c a p r i n o
ewe, s m a l l o r o v ej u e l a gradient gradiente
Young grass-eating graminfvoro
exposure exposici6n grasshopper chapulin
faciation f aciacio'n graze, t o pastorear, apacentar
facies facies graze, t o put out pacer
factor, proper use c o e f i c i e n t e de t o graze
aprovechamiento grazing, conservative pastoreo limitado
farm, grange g r a nj a grazing, deferred pastoreo diferido
f a r m , owner finquero grazing, premature D a s -t o r e o Drematuro
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grazing r i g h t derecho de pastoreo hydrophytic hidr6f i t o
grazing, r o t a t i o n p a s t o r e o en r o t a c i 6 n hydrosere hidrosere
grazing, s e l e c t i v e p a s t o r e o selective ignite, set f i r e encender
greenhouse invernadero inclination, slope i n c l i n a c i S n de l a
ground c o v e r covertura d e l subsuelo pendiente
g roundwa t e r capa f r e 6 t i c a increaser acrecentado
grow, t o grow r o o t s enraizar index indice
grow, t o grow s h o o t s , entallecer inventory inventario
sprouts investigation, i n v e s tigaci6n
grow, t o grow among entrecriarse irrigation regadura, i r r i g a c i 6 n
other plants irrigation ditch regadero
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homogenous
. homog6ne0, a managemenc, r a n g e o r d e n a t i b n de p a s t o s
horizon horizonte managemenr, w a t e r s h e d manejo de c u e n c a s
horse caballo management, w i l d l i f e manejo d e f a u n a s i l v e s t r e
horse herd caballada manure estiercol
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horses ganado c a b a l l a r marsh cienaga
humid1 t y humedad m a r s h l a n d , marsh fachinal
humus humus m a r s h l a n d , swamp almarjal
hydrology hidrologia meadow p r a d a l , prado
meadow, s m a l l p r a d ej6n physiognomy f isonomfa
mensuration mensuraci6n, medici6n phyrogeography ' f itogeografia
mesophyte mesljf i t o phy t o s o c i o l o g y f itosociologia
method m6todo p l a n t , indicator p l a n t a indicadora
methodology metodologia p l a n t , to plantar
microclimate microclima plant uprooting r a n c a j ada , d e s e n r a i z a r
monoecious mono i c o plasticity plasticidad
mosaic mosaic0 p l o t , experimental p a r c e l a experimental
mountain mon t aiia p l o t , study p a r c e l a d e ensayo
mountain p a s s o r collado plot, transect p a r c e l a d e muestra
small h i l l plow, t o barbechar
Animales
Pez fish
piscicultura f i s h culture
Botanica
piscif actoria f i s h hatchery
piscfvoro, ra piscivorous, f ish-eating abedul birch
plancton - p l a n k t on a b e t o (Abies) fir
rabi 6 n river rapids I abeto blanco white f i r e
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m i l l e-
folium) cab 1110 s t a l k , stem
amacollar c l u s t e r of s h o o t s cacto, cactus cactus
amarillar f o r l e a v e s t o t u r n yellow cadanego, ga b e a r i n g abundant f r u i t
ame l o every year
i n c i s i 6 n de c o r t a undercut stock
i n je r t a r to graft humus -
insecticida insecticide mapa map
insect0 insect marcar b l a z e (on a t r e e ) -
intolerante intolerant a 1t e r n a d a s
inundar flood (to) matarrasa por grupos clearcut patches
pol611 ',
politica forestal forest policy
stump s p r o u t
artificial
regeneraci6n n a t u r a l natural regeneration
polucidn d e l agua p o l l u t i o n (water) r e g l a de Biltmore Biltmore stock
polucidn d e l ambiente pollution (air) reliimpago lightning
por ciento percent relascopio relascope
porcentaje percentage rendimiento yield
p o s i b i l i d a d de c o r t a allowable cut rendimiento a n u a l annual yield
f ranca profundidad d e l
arena1 sandy ground o r p l a c e suelo
c a t t l e ranching o r i n v e n t a r .i o inventory
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breeding invernadero wintering place
ganado catch investigaci6n investigation
ganado c a b a l l a r horses ir r i g a c i B n irrigation
ganado c a p r i n o goats i sla island
gam a steep slope, ravine isotermo, isot6rmico isothermal
gradiente gradient jardin botinico b o t a n i c a l garden
graminfvoro grass-eating j ehuit e weeds
granja grange, farm j erarquia hierarchy
granjeria farming lamedero salt lick
granjero, r a f arrner l a tame mulch, compost
ganaderia siembra
r a n g e management plasticidad plasticity
a r d e n a c i o n de p a s t o s
orquet a t r e e fork pluvi6me t r o r a i n gage
sobrepastoreo slope
p e d , c l o d of e a r t h veranada summer s e a s o n
terr6n
tierra earth, s o i l veranadero p a s t u r e used i n summer
trophic land
trGfico ,
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