OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14795

precipitous

/pɹɪˈsɪpɪtəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
escarpado
Steep, like a precipice
a precipitous cliff
a precipitous mountain
de cabeza
Headlong
a precipitous fall
precipitado • precipitoso
Hasty; rash; quick; sudden
[…]humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today.
precipitous attempts
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