Estéril
pronunciation: esteɹ̩il
part of speech: adjective
barren = estéril, yermo, árido, infecundo, baldío.
Example: Seeds blown by wind or carried by animals germinated and began sprouting green life in the barren area.
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» barren land = tierra baldía.
Example: By 1948, a short 26 years after the first tree planting, most of the barren lands had been reforested with healthy pine and spruce plantations.» fall on + barren ground = caer en terreno baldío, caer en barbecho.
Example: Among the many seminal ideas which flowed from Freud's fertile pen, there was one which appears to have fallen on barren ground -- the concept of an inherent death instinct in man.
Barren synonyms
bleak
in spanish: desolado,
pronunciation: blik
part of speech: adjective
bare
in spanish: desnudo,
pronunciation: ber
part of speech: adjective
waste
in spanish: residuos,
pronunciation: weɪst
part of speech: noun, verb
dead
in spanish: muerto,
pronunciation: ded
part of speech: adjective
stark
in spanish: rígido,
pronunciation: stɑrk
part of speech: adjective
desolate
in spanish: solitario,
pronunciation: desələt
part of speech: adjective
sterile
in spanish: estéril,
pronunciation: sterəl
part of speech: adjective
wasteland
in spanish: yermo,
pronunciation: weɪstlænd
part of speech: noun
inhospitable
in spanish: inhóspito,
pronunciation: ɪnhɑspətəbəl
part of speech: adjective
infertile
in spanish: estéril,
pronunciation: ɪnfɜrtəl
part of speech: adjective
childless
in spanish: sin hijos,
pronunciation: tʃaɪldləs
part of speech: adjective
unfruitful
in spanish: infructuoso,
pronunciation: ənfrutfəl
part of speech: adjective
unfertile
in spanish: infértil,
pronunciation: ənfɜrtəl
part of speech: adjective