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The word 'páramo' refers to a high, cold, and barren plateau in Spain, or a similar temperate grassland region in the tropics, particularly in the South American countries of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The term is not frequently used in English, but when it is, it mostly retains its Spanish definition. 'Páramo' can metaphorically mean a desolate, lonely, or abandoned place as well.

Example sentences using: páramo

El poeta describió su corazón como un páramo desolado.

The poet described his heart as a desolate wasteland.

Here 'páramo' is used figuratively by the poet to express his emotional desolation or loneliness.

A veces, me siento como un páramo sin vida.

Sometimes, I feel like a lifeless wasteland.

The speaker uses 'páramo' metaphorically to express feelings of emptiness or desolation, much like a lifeless wasteland.

El paisaje parecía un páramo después del incendio forestal.

The landscape looked like a wasteland after the forest fire.

In this context, 'páramo' describes a terrain devastated by a forest fire, highlighting its barren and desolate appearance.