Spanish Conversation · Level 62
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Spanish word
ecosistema
Pronunciation
IPA/ekosisˈtema/
Meaning
- masculine nounecosystem
Example
¿Cómo afecta la contaminación al ecosistema local?
How does pollution affect the local ecosystem?
More examples
Proteger el ecosistema es responsabilidad de todos.
Protecting the ecosystem is everyone's responsibility.
Core concept
Interacting communities of plants and animals together with the surrounding soil, water, and sunlight.
Common phrases
proteger el ecosistema
protect the ecosystem
cuidar el ecosistema
care for the ecosystem
conservar el ecosistema
conserve the ecosystem
Similar words
medio ambiente: All natural and human-made surroundings that influence people and other living things.
entorno: Immediate physical or social surroundings of a place or person.
Definition in Spanish
Sistema compuesto por las comunidades de seres vivos de un lugar y las condiciones físicas y químicas que las conectan mediante flujo de energía y materia.
Word origin
From Greek oikos "house" and systema "system", adopted into modern scientific vocabulary and borrowed into Spanish as ecosistema.
Usage tips
- Used when the focus is on interactions and energy or matter flows among organisms and their surroundings, unlike medio ambiente which can mean the broader environment.
Related words
- ecosistémicoecosystemicadjective
- microecosistemamicroecosystemnoun