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valle

valley

noun BAH-yeh Less Common

Usage Note

Valle is masculine (el valle) and uses the ll digraph, pronounced like a y sound in most of the Spanish-speaking world (seseo regions) and with a distinct ll in parts of the Andes. It appears in many Spanish place names (Valle de Bravo, Valle del Cauca). The plural is regular valles.

Examples

"El río corre por el valle."

Natural Translation

The river runs through the valley.

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