B2 — upper-intermediatenature35 words

Environment & ecology

SerbianMeaning
žìvotnā srèdinathe environment (standard term; the calque okružavajuća sredina is wrong)
zagađénjepollution (zagađenje vazduha — air pollution)
vȁzdūhair
zàgađenpolluted
smȍgsmog
kvalìtet vȁzduhaair quality (kakav je danas vazduh? — what is the air like today?)
smèćerubbish, trash
ȍtpādwaste (technical term; household rubbish is smeće)
kontèjnerrubbish container, dumpster
reciklážarecycling
prírodanature
bȕkanoise
štȅtanharmful (not vredan, which means hard-working, valuable)
zȃštitaprotection
vòda za píćedrinking water (also pijaća voda)
reciklíratito recycle
razvr̀statito sort, to separate into categories
razvrstávānje òtpadawaste sorting, waste separation
zàgaditito pollute
zagađìvāčpollutant; polluter
depònijalandfill, dump
grȅjānje na dȑvawood heating (cf. grejanje na ugalj — coal heating)
štédetito save (money); to economise
zȁštita prírodenature conservation
nacionálnī pȁrknational park
klímaclimate; air conditioner (usually the latter in everyday speech)
klìmatskē pròmeneclimate change (klima = climate here; in everyday speech klima usually means air conditioner)
emìsija gȁsovagas emissions (emisija = emission here; on its own emisija usually means a TV programme)
ugljen-dioksidcarbon dioxide
obnòvljivī ìzvorirenewable sources of energy (plural)
obnòvljivrenewable
enèrgetskā efìkasnōstenergy efficiency
odr̀živsustainable (održivi razvoj — sustainable development)
ekòloškīecological, environmental
òtpadne vȍdewastewater, sewage (plural)

Other phrasebooks at this level