Today's
WOTD is: "campo" = field
1.
In Spanish, “campo”
is a masculine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is
field,
as in:
- Las patatas están todavía en el campo (the potatoes are still in the field);
- En el campo de la medicina (in the field of medicine);
2.
The noun “campo”
is also used often to refer to a pitch,
a course
or similar, as in:
- Al lado de casa hay un campo de fútbol (next to our house there is a football pitch);
- Cerca de casa hay un campo de golf (there is a golf course close to our home);
3.
The noun “campo”
may also be used to refer to a camp,
as in:
- Grupos rebeldes atacaron el campo de refugiados (rebel groups attacked the refugee camp);
4. The noun “campo”
is also often used to refer to the countryside, as in:
- Vamos a pasar las vacaciones al campo (we are going on holiday/ vacation to the countryside);
5. Related words are the
describing words/ adjectives “campesino”, and “campestre”
which may be used with meanings such as, country, rural
or rustic as in:
- Gente de origen campesino (people of rural/ country origin);
- Celebramos mi cumpleaños con un almuerzo campestre (we celebrated my birthday with a rustic lunch/ picnic);
6.
Some expressions in Spanish with the word “campo”
are:
- A campo abierto (in open field -without fences);
- A campo través (cross country);
- A campo traviesa (cross country);
- A campo travieso (cross country);
- A campo raso (out in the open);
- Campo a través (cross country);
- Campo a traviesa (cross country);
- Campo de aplicación (field of application);
- Campo de batalla (battlefield);
- Campo de fútbol (football pitch/ stadium);
- Campo de golf (golf course);
- Campo de concentración (concentration camp);
- Campo de refugiados (refugee camp);
- Campo de prueba (testing ground);
- Campo de tiro (shooting range);
- Campo del honor (field of honour);
- Campo eléctrico (electric field);
- Campo magnético (magnetic field);
- Campo santo (cemetery);
- Campo visual (field of vision);
- Campos Elíseos (Elysian fields -Champs -Élysées);
- Casa de campo (country/ summer/ vacation house);
- Casa en el campo (country/ summer/ vacation house);
- De campo (field/ country/ countryside -adjective);
- El trabajo de campo es muy importante (field work is very important);
- Da gusto trabajar con gente de campo (it is a pleasure to work with country/ countryside people);
- Día de campo (day in the country);
- Estudio de campo (field study);
- Gemelos de campo (field binoculars);
- Hombre de campo (country person -man);
- Investigación de campo (field research);
- Investigador de campo (field researcher);
- Mariscal de campo (field marshal);
- Medio campo (midfield -football and similar games);
- Mujer de campo (country person -woman);
- Trabajo de campo (field work);
- Visita de campo (field visit);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "campo" in the YouTube clip: Campo :1987 (feat. Jorge Drexler)
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “campo”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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