hondonada

From hondo +‎ -nada.

• IPA^(key): /ondoˈnada/ [õn̪.d̪oˈna.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: hon‧do‧na‧da

hondonada f (plural hondonadas)

1. low valley, gully, rift valley
   • 1891, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra:

     Reunirse en Atocha, para subir luego a dar el ataque a las tropas monárquicas, o esperarlas en aquella hondonada, parecíame a mí una gran pifia. Pero no me atreví a contradecir a los militares.

     Joining up in Atocha, then going on to attack the pro-monarchic troops, or waiting for them in that depression, seemed to me a great error. But I dared not contradict the soldiers.

• “hondonada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024