Spanish Conversation · Level 46
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Spanish word
territorial
Pronunciation
IPA/teritoˈɾjal/
Meaning
- adjectiveterritorial
Example
El país defendió sus fronteras territoriales.
The country defended its territorial borders.
More examples
La política territorial busca mejorar los servicios locales.
Territorial policy seeks to improve local services.
Core concept
Bordered zone on a map.
Common phrases
disputa territorial
territorial dispute
límite territorial
territorial boundary
política territorial
territorial policy
Similar words
regional: Relating to a wide region within a country, involving multiple provinces or zones.
local: Relating to a specific town or small area, tied to local community matters.
nacional: Relating to the entire country or state, addressing national-level scope.
fronterizo: Relating to borderlands or places adjacent to an international frontier.
Definition in Spanish
Que pertenece o se refiere a un territorio, una zona o una demarcación geográfica, especialmente en contextos políticos o administrativos.
Word origin
Derived from Latin territorium 'land, territory' through the medieval adjective territorialis, which passed into Spanish as the adjective relating to a territory.
Usage tips
- Spanish territorial often appears in legal and administrative collocations such as competencia territorial to mean a jurisdictional area rather than simply 'local'.
Opposites
- supranacionalsupranationaladjective
Related words
- territorioterritorynoun
- territorializaciónterritorializationnoun
- territorialmenteterritoriallyadverb