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anegado

flooded, waterlogged

adjective ah-neh-GAH-doh Rare

Usage Note

Anegado is the past participle of anegar (to flood, to inundate) used as an adjective. It describes land, a road, or a basement that has been submerged in water. The verb anegar derives from Latin enegare (to drown), and the adjective agrees in gender and number: zona anegada, campos anegados.

Examples

"El campo quedó anegado tras las lluvias."

Natural Translation

The field was left flooded after the rains.

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