Usage Note
Sudoeste (also suroeste) names both the compass direction and the regional area. As with sudeste, Latin American usage often favors suroeste, while sudoeste is common in Spain and formal registers. Used as a directional adjective it is invariable: viento sudoeste.
Examples
"Navegamos rumbo al sudoeste toda la noche."
Natural Translation
We sailed southwest all night.
Literal Translation
We-sailed heading to-the southwest all the night.
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