B2 — upper-intermediatenature35 words
Environment & ecology
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| žìvotnā srèdina | the environment (standard term; the calque okružavajuća sredina is wrong) |
| zagađénje | pollution (zagađenje vazduha — air pollution) |
| vȁzdūh | air |
| zàgađen | polluted |
| smȍg | smog |
| kvalìtet vȁzduha | air quality (kakav je danas vazduh? — what is the air like today?) |
| smèće | rubbish, trash |
| ȍtpād | waste (technical term; household rubbish is smeće) |
| kontèjner | rubbish container, dumpster |
| recikláža | recycling |
| príroda | nature |
| bȕka | noise |
| štȅtan | harmful (not vredan, which means hard-working, valuable) |
| zȃštita | protection |
| vòda za píće | drinking water (also pijaća voda) |
| reciklírati | to recycle |
| razvr̀stati | to sort, to separate into categories |
| razvrstávānje òtpada | waste sorting, waste separation |
| zàgaditi | to pollute |
| zagađìvāč | pollutant; polluter |
| depònija | landfill, dump |
| grȅjānje na dȑva | wood heating (cf. grejanje na ugalj — coal heating) |
| štédeti | to save (money); to economise |
| zȁštita prírode | nature conservation |
| nacionálnī pȁrk | national park |
| klíma | climate; air conditioner (usually the latter in everyday speech) |
| klìmatskē pròmene | climate change (klima = climate here; in everyday speech klima usually means air conditioner) |
| emìsija gȁsova | gas emissions (emisija = emission here; on its own emisija usually means a TV programme) |
| ugljen-dioksid | carbon dioxide |
| obnòvljivī ìzvori | renewable sources of energy (plural) |
| obnòvljiv | renewable |
| enèrgetskā efìkasnōst | energy efficiency |
| odr̀živ | sustainable (održivi razvoj — sustainable development) |
| ekòloškī | ecological, environmental |
| òtpadne vȍde | wastewater, sewage (plural) |
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