- Galicia es precioso, sobretodo su paisaje.
Galicia is beautiful, especially its scenery.
It can also refer to a painting of a landscape:
- Compre un valioso paisaje de un artista del romanticismo.
I bought a valuable landscape from the romanticism movement.
This more specific meaning of farmland:
- Paisaje agrario.
Farmland.
Here is a beautiful poem by Federico García Lorca, titled 'Paisaje':
Paisaje
La tarde equivocada
se vistió de frío.
Detrás de los cristales
turbios, todos los niños
ven convertirse en pájaros
un árbol amarillo.
La tarde está tendida
a lo largo del río.
Y un rubor de manzana
tiembla en los tejadillos.
– Federico García Lorca
Pronunciation:
Payee-sa-je
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This word of the day has been contributed by LAE Madrid, the leading Spanish academy in Madrid. Accredited by the Insitituto Cervantes, it offers Spanish courses for all levels and also has Spanish classes for kids and families.
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