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relieve

relief

noun rreh-LYEH-beh Rare
Travel & Places Geography

Also means

prominence

Usage Note

Relieve covers geographic relief (the shape of terrain: relieve montañoso = 'mountainous relief'), sculptural relief (alto relieve, bajo relieve), and the figurative sense of 'prominence' or 'importance' (una figura de relieve = 'a prominent figure'). The phrase poner de relieve means 'to highlight' or 'to bring to attention'.

Examples

"El relieve de los Pirineos es muy accidentado."

Natural Translation

The relief of the Pyrenees is very rugged.

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