Abundante
Example: La lluvia abundante mejoró significativamente la cosecha este año.
Definition
"Abundante" describes something existing or occurring in large quantities or amounts, often implying more than enough. For example, in the phrase 'La lluvia abundante mejoró significativamente la cosecha este año,' it refers to plentiful rain that positively affected the harvest.
Etymology
The word "abundante" comes from the Latin 'abundans,' meaning overflowing or plentiful. It combines 'ab-' (away, from) and 'unda' (wave), originally conveying the sense of overflowing waves, which evolved to mean anything existing in great quantity. Did you know that its root relates to water overflowing, fitting for plentiful rain?
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"Abundante" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - General - (C2) - set 1", containing 94 commonly used words.
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