Algo salado, como el agua donde se mezclan el mar y el río.
Slightly salty, as water mixed with seawater and freshwater
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El río se volvía salobre donde desembocaba en el mar. — The river turned brackish where it met the sea.
Toda la negociación me dejó un sabor amargo. — The whole negotiation left a brackish taste in my mouth.
No pudimos beber el agua salobre del pozo. — We couldn't drink the brackish water from the well.
Su disculpa sonó amarga y poco sincera. — His apology sounded brackish and insincere.
¿El agua de esta laguna es salobre o dulce? — Is the water in this lagoon brackish or fresh?
¿Por qué toda reunión con él acaba con una nota tan amarga? — Why does every meeting with him end on such a brackish note?
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