IberiaNature

An English-Spanish glossary of the Natural History of Spain

N-O :

naranjal : orange grove

nava : flat, treeless, and sometimes boggy area between two hills.

navajo : a small nava ; small pool; drinking pool

navazo : nava

neblina : mist

negrón común : common scoter : Melanitta nigra

negrón especulado : velvet scoter : Melanitta fusca

neu (Cat.) : snow

nevada : snowfall

Historic snowfall in Barcelona in 1962

nevasca : blizzard

nevazo : heavy snowfall

nevera : place used to store snow

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nevero : sheltered area where snow remains all year round; snowfield

neverón : snow vole : Chionomys nivalis

nevisca : light snowfall; flurry of snow

nidificación : nesting

nido : nest

niebla : fog

nieve : snow

nóctulo grande : greater noctule : Nyctalus lasiopterus

nóctulo mediano: noctule (or great bat): Nyctalus noctula

nóctulo pequeño: Leisler's bat: Nyctalus leisleri

nogal : walnut tree :

nubarrón : large dark cloud

nube : cloud

nubosidad : cloudiness

nutria : otter : Lutra lutra

O :

ojal : ojo

ojo : spring which wells up to form pool

ola de calor : heatwave

olivar : olive grove

olivo : olive tree :

olla : whirlpool.

olmo : elm :

orilla : shore; riverbank

oropéndola : golden oriole : Oriolus oriolus

oruga : caterpillar

osezno : bear cub

oso pardo : brown bear : Ursus arctos

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ostrero euroasiático : oystercatcher : Haematopus ostralegus

ostrero negro canario : Canary Islands oystercatcher : Haematopus meadewaldoi

ourizo (Gal.) : chestnut casings ( ourizo means hedgehog in Galician)

oyhan (Eus.) : forest

 

naranjal in English
orange groves in Spain
Spanish translation orange grove
nava in English
neblina in English
mist in Spanish
nevada English translation
snowfall in Spain
snowfall in Spanish
blizzard in Spanish
nevasca in English
nevero in English
nevisca in English
nidificación in English
nesting in Spain
Spanish translation nesting
nido English translation
nest in Spanish
niebla in English
fog in Spain
Spanish translation fog
nieve in English
snow in Spain
show in Spanish
nubarrón in English
nube English translation
cloud in Spanish
nubosidad in English
cloudiness in Spanish
ola de calor in English
Spanish translation heatwave
olivar in English
olive groves in Spain
olive grove in Spanish
olivo English translation
olive trees in Spain
Spanish translation olive tree
olla in English
whirlpool in Spanish
olmo in English
elm in Spanish
orilla in English
shore in Spanish
riverbank in Spanish
oruga English translation
caterpillars in Spain
caterpillar in Spanish
osezno in English
bear cub in Spanish

 

 

 

 

 

 

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