gully

barranco, cárcava

Surco estrecho y profundo que el agua forma al correr por el terreno.

En inglés sencillo: A narrow, deep channel in the ground made by flowing water.

• Water flowed down the gully.
• Heavy rain had cut gullies into the hillside.
• We crossed a narrow gully filled with loose rocks.

Sinónimos: ravine, channel

Expresiones frecuentes: a deep gully, a narrow gully, gully erosion

barranco

Valle pequeño y estrecho, a menudo excavado por el agua corriente.

En inglés sencillo: A small, narrow valley, often cut into the ground by flowing water.

• A stream runs through the gully.
• Heavy rain carved gullies into the hillside.
• We climbed out of a steep gully.

Sinónimos: ravine

Expresiones frecuentes: deep gully, rocky gully, down a gully

sumidero

Abertura junto a una calle que lleva el agua de lluvia a tuberías subterráneas.

En inglés sencillo: An opening beside a road that takes rainwater into pipes below the ground.

• Leaves blocked the gully.
• Rainwater flowed into the road gully.
• The workers lifted the gully cover.

Sinónimos: drain

Expresiones frecuentes: road gully, blocked gully, gully cover

bordillo rebajado

Parte rebajada del borde de una acera que permite el paso de personas o vehículos.

En inglés sencillo: A lowered part of the raised edge beside a road, allowing people or vehicles to cross it.

• The wheelchair crossed the gully easily.
• Workers installed a gully beside the driveway.
• Keep the gully clear for people crossing the road.

Sinónimos: dropped kerb

Expresiones frecuentes: lowered gully, driveway gully

abarrancar

Dicho del agua: abrir valles estrechos o surcos profundos al erosionar el terreno.

En inglés sencillo: Flowing water cuts narrow valleys or deep channels into the ground.

• Heavy rain can gully the soil.
• Storm water gullied the bare hillside.
• The exposed ground gullies easily in heavy rain.

Sinónimos: erode

Expresiones frecuentes: gully the soil, gully a slope