No. 6,707 in Catalan
selva
Jungle.
In a sentence
La selva tropical és plena de vida.
The tropical jungle is full of life.
Here, "selva" refers to a dense forest or jungle, used in a literal sense to describe a natural environment.
Aquest carrer és una selva de cotxes i persones.
This street is a jungle of cars and people.
In this sentence, "selva" is used metaphorically to describe a chaotic or dense situation resembling the complexity of a jungle.
La selva d'emocions que sento és difícil d'explicar.
The jungle of emotions I feel is hard to explain.
The term "selva" is applied figuratively here to portray a complex and tangled state of emotions.
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