Spanish Word of the Day: invernadero

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Sam Wilson

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Jul 19, 2020, 7:06:36 AM7/19/20
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invernadero (n) 📢 - greenhouse

invernadero

MASCULINE NOUN
1.  
(para plantas) greenhouse
(con temperatura elevada) hothouse
2.  (Latin America) (pasto) winter pasture
3.  (lugar de recreo) winter resort

  • Puede comenzar sus cebollas durante la temporada de lluvias en el invernadero.
    You can start your onions during the rainy season in the greenhouse.

  • ¡El efecto invernadero nos impide congelarnos!
    The greenhouse effect keeps us from freezing!

It took me the longest time to figure this word out.  I wanted to build a greenhouse and nobody understood my feeble description...  ¡casa verde!  ¡casa verde!  ;-)

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Sam

Gene French

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Jul 19, 2020, 7:33:19 AM7/19/20
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Well...how did the new ceiling go...did we get the gecko poops stains eliminated???
Keyboard not sticky anymore???
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Btw
Thanks for your vocabulary efforts...i do appreciate!!!

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