inexplorado
/ineɡsploɾado/from spelling rules
The Spanish word for uncharted is inexplorado.
The term describes something that has not been surveyed or mapped.
Meaning: not surveyed or mapped (adj)
How does it change in a sentence?
As an adjective, inexplorado must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. Use the feminine form inexplorada for feminine nouns, inexplorados for masculine plural nouns and inexploradas for feminine plural nouns.
How do you pronounce it?
/ineɡsploɾado/
Did you know?
- The root word explorar shares a common ancestor with the English word 'explore' and the Latin explorare, which originally meant 'to shout' or 'to cry out' while searching for something.
- The Spanish word exploración is used both for the mapping of a physical land and for a medical examination of a patient.
- While inexplorado describes physical maps, Spanish speakers use terreno desconocido to describe 'uncharted territory' when referring to a new experience or a metaphorical situation.
Examples in context
- La expedición se aventuró en territorio inexplorado.The expedition ventured into uncharted territory.
- El equipo de investigación descubrió vastas áreas sin explorar en el fondo del océano.The research team discovered vast uncharted areas at the bottom of the ocean.
- ¡Nunca me había adentrado en una zona desconocida como esta!I had never ventured into an uncharted area like this before!
- Descubrir lugares vírgenes es una de las mejores experiencias de viaje.Discovering untouched places is one of the best travel experiences.
- Navegamos hacia un mar inexplorado.We sail toward an uncharted sea.
- Es un sector inexplorado de la selva.It is an uncharted sector of the jungle.
Example conversation
Alejandro and María are looking at an old map in a library.
- AlejandroEste mapa muestra un camino inexplorado.This map shows an uncharted path.
- María¿De verdad es un terreno inexplorado?Is it truly uncharted terrain?
- AlejandroSí, María, parece un lugar inexplorado.Yes, María, it looks like an uncharted place.
- MaríaEso suena muy peligroso para nosotros.That sounds very dangerous for us.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
